Jilly Cooper

There is nothing more attractive than a man who is not a New Man.

The bank told us we ought to sell this house to pay off our overdraft. Riders saved the day. I was so pleased when it got to number one, I went all around the fields crying and crying.

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.