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 climatecountrycustom Change image and share on social
The greatest artists know how to entertain, or else nobody would read them. Deborah Moggach artistentertaingreat Change image and share on social
I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine with carrots, sundried tomato paste and chopped chorizo sausage. Deborah Moggach beefcarrotchop Change image and share on social
I did have a go with Botox, but I couldn't move my eyebrows. I also, at one point, had that filler stuff injected, but I looked like a hamster with wodges of food in its cheeks, so I stopped that. Deborah Moggach botoxcheekeyebrow Change image and share on social
You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos. Deborah Moggach anarchybreathechaos Change image and share on social
I have four Rhode Island Red hens. I get two eggs from them a day. They're feathered dustbins that eat leftover food and weeds, and they're easy to look after - I throw some grain at them in the morning, take the eggs and that's it. I love the sound of clucking. Deborah Moggach cluckdaydustbin share on social
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 badbookcomparison Change image and share on social
I'd like to be a jazz singer, but I couldn't possibly do it; nobody would want me, anyway. Deborah Moggach jazzpossiblysinger Change image and share on social
All novelists I speak to about how they started usually say it was by pulling up their roots and going to live somewhere else. You see the shape of your life at a distance. Deborah Moggach distancelifelive Change image and share on social
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 emailforwardlot Change image and share on social