Jeez Louise. I know why rich people are so thin: it's from trekking around their humongous houses the whole time.

Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices.

If you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.

If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

...you may be able to sway people's heads. But you can't sway their hearts.