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Helen Fielding Quotes

Oh God, what’s wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out? Picture Quote #1

Am going to cook shepherd’s pie for them all - British home cooking Picture Quote #1

It is horrid to smirk Picture Quote #1

Is the whole world doomed to emotional trauma? Picture Quote #1

I am brave, though I am alone Picture Quote #1

With most of the events in the books [ Bridget Jones Diaries ] I draw a little bit from my own life and some from what I see happening around me Picture Quote #1

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I’d been working on the [Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries material] for years, first, in the Independent newspaper columns and then in the various versions of the movie scripts Picture Quote #1

Though with Bridget Jones’s Baby: the Diaries, I’d like to make it clear that I did not ever get pregnant by two men Picture Quote #1

I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef dripping Picture Quote #1

But if you are single the last thing you want is your best friend forming a functional relationship with somebody else Picture Quote #1

If the stories don’t come from the inside out, then Bridget [Jones] is not being true to herself and it’s very important to me that she stays that way Picture Quote #1

There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you’re supposed to be. I think there’s too much of this superwoman, this woman with a bottom like two billiard balls. There’s no real celebration of just being a person Picture Quote #1

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If we can’t have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven’t got very far at being equal Picture Quote #1

Bridget Jones’ Baby, at heart is about the gap between how you expect life to turn out and how it actually does Picture Quote #1

I certainly think I’ll end up writing about America in some form. I’ve taken plenty of notes. I like America very much Picture Quote #1

Reminded of favorite poem by Wendy Cope which goes: At Christmas little children sing and merry bells jingle. The cold winter air makes our hands and faces tingle. And happy families go to church and cheerily they mingle, And the whole business is unbelievably dreadful if you’re single Picture Quote #1

Oh God. valentine’s Day tomorrow. Why? Why? Why is (the) entire world geared to make people not involved in romance feel stupid when everyone knows romance does not work anyway. Look at (the) royal family. Look at Mum and Dad Picture Quote #1

Valentine’s Day purely commercial, cynical enterprise, anyway. Matter of supreme indifference to me Picture Quote #1

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With so many dark things to worry about in the world right now, I hope people will just go with the fun and enjoy [ Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries] Picture Quote #1

As women glide from their twenties to thirties, Shazzer argues, the balance of power subtly shifts. Even the most outrageous minxes lose their nerve, wrestling with the first twinges of existential angst: fears of dying alone and being found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian Picture Quote #1

I got into my usual obsessive writing frenzy, using all the material I’d worked on for so long and crafting it into a little novel [Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries] Picture Quote #1

I tend to take [ to Bridget Jones Diaries] something that nearly happened, or might have happened, and then exaggerate it to make it funny and to make it tie into the themes Picture Quote #1

As Bridget writes to her son, in Bridget Jones’ Baby - if you just keep calm and keep your spirits up, things have a habit of turning out all right, just as they did for me Picture Quote #1

Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But happily, these [Bridget Jones’s] are fictional comedy diaries - not a history of the Battle of Waterloo Picture Quote #1

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I’d always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries] movie was stalled and in confusion. I felt frustrated creatively, and just couldn’t work on the Baby material till the movie was sorted out Picture Quote #1

For me, writing Bridget’s [Jones] stories is an instinctive, organic thing, which tends to happen more by accident than design Picture Quote #1

One must not live one’s life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance Picture Quote #1

I think that when you’re writing fiction what you’re doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and how other people think, and the sort of confusions that you don’t normally like to admit to Picture Quote #1

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already Picture Quote #1

I’ve had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn’t get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull Picture Quote #1

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Oh God, what’s wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out? (Helen Fielding Quotes) Am going to cook shepherd’s pie for them all - British home cooking (Helen Fielding Quotes) It is horrid to smirk (Helen Fielding Quotes) Is the whole world doomed to emotional trauma? (Helen Fielding Quotes) I am brave, though I am alone (Helen Fielding Quotes) With most of the events in the books [ Bridget Jones Diaries ] I draw a little bit from my own life and some from what I see happening around me. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I’d been working on the [Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries material] for years, first, in the Independent newspaper columns and then in the various versions of the movie scripts. (Helen Fielding Quotes) Though with Bridget Jones’s Baby: the Diaries, I’d like to make it clear that I did not ever get pregnant by two men. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef dripping. (Helen Fielding Quotes) But if you are single the last thing you want is your best friend forming a functional relationship with somebody else. (Helen Fielding Quotes) If the stories don’t come from the inside out, then Bridget [Jones] is not being true to herself and it’s very important to me that she stays that way. (Helen Fielding Quotes) There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you’re supposed to be. I think there’s too much of this superwoman, this woman with a bottom like two billiard balls. There’s no real celebration of just being a person. (Helen Fielding Quotes) If we can’t have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven’t got very far at being equal. (Helen Fielding Quotes) Bridget Jones’ Baby, at heart is about the gap between how you expect life to turn out and how it actually does. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I certainly think I’ll end up writing about America in some form. I’ve taken plenty of notes. I like America very much (Helen Fielding Quotes) Reminded of favorite poem by Wendy Cope which goes: At Christmas little children sing and merry bells jingle. The cold winter air makes our hands and faces tingle. And happy families go to church and cheerily they mingle, And the whole business is unbelievably dreadful if you’re single (Helen Fielding Quotes) Oh God. valentine’s Day tomorrow. Why? Why? Why is (the) entire world geared to make people not involved in romance feel stupid when everyone knows romance does not work anyway. Look at (the) royal family. Look at Mum and Dad (Helen Fielding Quotes) Valentine’s Day purely commercial, cynical enterprise, anyway. Matter of supreme indifference to me (Helen Fielding Quotes) With so many dark things to worry about in the world right now, I hope people will just go with the fun and enjoy [ Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries]. (Helen Fielding Quotes) As women glide from their twenties to thirties, Shazzer argues, the balance of power subtly shifts. Even the most outrageous minxes lose their nerve, wrestling with the first twinges of existential angst: fears of dying alone and being found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian (Helen Fielding Quotes) I got into my usual obsessive writing frenzy, using all the material I’d worked on for so long and crafting it into a little novel [Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries]. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I tend to take [ to Bridget Jones Diaries] something that nearly happened, or might have happened, and then exaggerate it to make it funny and to make it tie into the themes. (Helen Fielding Quotes) As Bridget writes to her son, in Bridget Jones’ Baby - if you just keep calm and keep your spirits up, things have a habit of turning out all right, just as they did for me. (Helen Fielding Quotes) Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But happily, these [Bridget Jones’s] are fictional comedy diaries - not a history of the Battle of Waterloo. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I’d always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries] movie was stalled and in confusion. I felt frustrated creatively, and just couldn’t work on the Baby material till the movie was sorted out. (Helen Fielding Quotes) For me, writing Bridget’s [Jones] stories is an instinctive, organic thing, which tends to happen more by accident than design. (Helen Fielding Quotes) One must not live one’s life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I think that when you’re writing fiction what you’re doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and how other people think, and the sort of confusions that you don’t normally like to admit to. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. (Helen Fielding Quotes) I’ve had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn’t get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. (Helen Fielding Quotes)

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