Top 96 Quotes by Maeve Binchy

Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.

I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.

When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.

If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.

I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.

I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind of the person who was plotting vengeance.

You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

We asked our friends and relations to lend us their children, and, because we lived in London, children loved to come and stay for their half-term holidays.