161 Quotes by Fay Weldon

If infinity is as they describe it, all things are not just possible but in the end certain ...

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.

If you wake up in the morning with a great sense of the things that have to be done in the day in order to get through to the next day, you lose the sense of the day as any kind of end in itself.

A woman has all too much substance in a man's eyes at the best of times. That is why men like women to be slim. Her lack of flesh negates her. The less of her there is, the less notice he need take of her. The more like a male she appears to be, the safer he feels.

Another thing that seems quite helpful to the creative process is having babies. It does not detract at all from one's creativity. It reminds one that there is always more where that came from and there is never any shortage of ideas or of the ability to create. The process of being pregnant and then of having the baby and getting up in the night only puts one more in touch with this fecund part of one's self.

No one should be allowed to give back the gift of life, unless they are very old and full of tears, when the body outlives the spirit, when they should be allowed to join the others who've already gone.

Ambition will, and should, always outstrip achievement.