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" It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra. "

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" If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal. "

" Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second. "

" I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef dripping. "

" My books have all generated controversy. "

" Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career. "

" I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. "

" I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. "

" I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much. "

" The whole point of diaries is that other people find them and read what you've put. I did once take to writing my inner thoughts on the computer at the end of other things I was writing and ended up faxing four pages of hideous stuff to my accountant so I don't do that now. "

" It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces. "

" Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious. "

" I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat chip sandwiches: white bread, butter, tomato catsup and big fat french fries. It's delicious. Here, you order a creme caramel and the waiter says, 'You know, that contains dairy.' "

" Nobody wants to be racist and I think that most people aren't. "

" I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out. "

" There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you're supposed to be. I think there's too much of this superwoman, this woman with a bottom like two billiard balls. There's no real celebration of just being a person. "