 People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police. |
| Lives in previous centuries for women are largely a matter of class. It would have been fun to have been a rich, privileged woman in the 18th century, but no fun at all to be her maid. |
| My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild. |
| We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged. |
| I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't. |
| If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us. |
| I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette. |
| I think mine is the fullest and most plausible account of what went on in Marie Antoinette's life. |
| I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress. |
