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Deborah Moggach Quotes

I’m quite easy to live with and very easy going Picture Quote #1

It’s not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much of partners. We can’t fulfil a person’s every single need and, after ten years or so, many relationships wear out. If we were more philosophical about it, we wouldn’t try to blame the other person or be bitter Picture Quote #1

Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it’s going well it’s more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don’t panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue Picture Quote #1

Independence is fun, especially when there’s a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate lives brings fresh air into a relationship Picture Quote #1

Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving Picture Quote #1

My first novel, ‘You Must be Sisters,’ was started in Pakistan. I’ve wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there Picture Quote #1

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The traditional writer is a sensitive only child, asthmatic, who sits on the window seat watching the drops of rain slide down the pane, very introspective. I’m not inward-looking. I would never go to a shrink. I don’t want to know what I’m thinking. I don’t really like discussions in my family. It may be an avoidance thing Picture Quote #1

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything Picture Quote #1

Psych yourself up until you’re confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key Picture Quote #1

It’s a very rich brew that’s in your psyche by the time you’re in your 60s, and I think that’s rather interesting. It makes you feel you’ve lived a very long life; it’s like going on holiday to three different cities rather than spending two weeks in Lisbon. You look back on the holiday, and you seem to have been away forever Picture Quote #1

Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are you at the mercy of bus drivers, roadworks, decisions made by others and over which you have no control. Believe me, once you’ve tasted this freedom, you’re hooked Picture Quote #1

I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx’s Picture Quote #1

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I’ve written something like 17 novels, which isn’t bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I’m lazy Picture Quote #1

I’m always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I’m trying to do it less Picture Quote #1

Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this Picture Quote #1

I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We’re living longer and expecting more from life; the success of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,’ and other films and novels about finding love late in life, have shown that if we’re up for it, there are adventures awaiting us Picture Quote #1

I’m mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden Picture Quote #1

You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they’re the only ones who don’t get bored if you talk about your memories Picture Quote #1

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Once a character has gelled it’s an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one’s body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes Picture Quote #1

I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window Picture Quote #1

Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end Picture Quote #1

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I’m quite easy to live with and very easy going (Deborah Moggach Quotes) It’s not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much of partners. We can’t fulfil a person’s every single need and, after ten years or so, many relationships wear out. If we were more philosophical about it, we wouldn’t try to blame the other person or be bitter. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it’s going well it’s more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don’t panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Independence is fun, especially when there’s a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate lives brings fresh air into a relationship. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) My first novel, ‘You Must be Sisters,’ was started in Pakistan. I’ve wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) The traditional writer is a sensitive only child, asthmatic, who sits on the window seat watching the drops of rain slide down the pane, very introspective. I’m not inward-looking. I would never go to a shrink. I don’t want to know what I’m thinking. I don’t really like discussions in my family. It may be an avoidance thing. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Psych yourself up until you’re confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) It’s a very rich brew that’s in your psyche by the time you’re in your 60s, and I think that’s rather interesting. It makes you feel you’ve lived a very long life; it’s like going on holiday to three different cities rather than spending two weeks in Lisbon. You look back on the holiday, and you seem to have been away forever. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are you at the mercy of bus drivers, roadworks, decisions made by others and over which you have no control. Believe me, once you’ve tasted this freedom, you’re hooked. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx’s. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) I’ve written something like 17 novels, which isn’t bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I’m lazy. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) I’m always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I’m trying to do it less (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We’re living longer and expecting more from life; the success of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,’ and other films and novels about finding love late in life, have shown that if we’re up for it, there are adventures awaiting us. (Deborah Moggach Quotes) I’m mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden (Deborah Moggach Quotes) You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they’re the only ones who don’t get bored if you talk about your memories (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Once a character has gelled it’s an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one’s body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes (Deborah Moggach Quotes) I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window (Deborah Moggach Quotes) Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end (Deborah Moggach Quotes)