Top 24 Quotes by Jilly Cooper

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.

For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

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

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.