73 Quotes by Jilly Cooper

Leo, sadly, has Parkinsons, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.

People who can write a book usually do.

Go to lots of interviews, at least one a month even when you don't need a job, to keep in training for when you do.

it's a good idea to wait a few months before joining anything when you arrive at a village. A bookseller friend who retired to nearby Oxfordshire, and was worried he might be bored, got himself on to every village committee in the first six months, and spent the next ten years extricating himself.

in a village you can't sack or fight with someone, as you'll find yourself stuck beside them in the hairdresser's next morning.

Bachelors begin at thirty-six. Up till this age they are regarded as single men.

And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.

I would really like to spend more time with the family. Every time I go abroad I miss them all dreadfully.

My own parents loved each other very much.