Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I think printed fiction is what women read.
I'll never go. How can I? How far would I get without my heart?
I wish you wouldn't walk in and out of my mind as though it was a railway station!
Romantic fiction is the only purely feminine art form. All other art forms were shaped and are dominated by men.
People should always mind their own business. More trouble is caused in this world by interference than any other single thing.
When one is innocent of pain, of the havoc it can wreak, one is never cruel. Cruelty is born of pain, of a need to hurt in turn.
War stories, westerns, spy stories are all accepted as respectable because they are read by men. It is only women's light reading which is derided.
I am interested in writing how women really feel, how they really think, and how they respond to men. I don't want men reading my books because they might find out too much.
Writers and readers are still trying to work out unresolved problems between men and women, and that is why millions of women around the world are hooked on romantic fiction. So am I.
A romantic novel is an adult fairy story, repeating the recurring symbols and images which can explain life to a woman and satisfy a powerful need within her. The need to love and be loved is vital to all human beings, but especially to women.