I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting. Nina Bawden differencefeltfind Change image and share on social
I grew up on a suburban street with lace curtains and dull neighbours, so I made up stories to tell my friend, in which they became serial killers and burglars. She told her mother, who then told mine. Nina Bawden burglarcurtaindull share on social
Margaret Thatcher was in my year, and our first-year college photograph shows us standing side by side in the back row. We were both grammar school girls on state scholarships. Nina Bawden backcollegegirl Change image and share on social
Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults. Nina Bawden adultchildconcept Change image and share on social
If you are going to make companies, corporations, actually responsible for the safety of other people's lives, then if they fail in their duty, the only thing to prevent them failing in their duty is the fear that they would be put behind bars. Nina Bawden barcompanycorporation share on social
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. Nina Bawden eventliarmake Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a job, but Auntie Beryl said I should go to Oxford. Nina Bawden auntieberylexpose Change image and share on social
But I don't write about sex for today's teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I'm more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn't really change that much from one generation to another. Nina Bawden bootchangedoc share on social
People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that. Nina Bawden carelivepeople Change image and share on social
Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth. Nina Bawden breakcalculationchild share on social
