48 Quotes by Louise Brown

When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to read as much as I'd like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so.

I have a large pile of novels on my bedside table, and I look at them frequently, promising myself that I will find the time to read them.

I would say the number of women approaching us has more than doubled,

Most are middle-class women who are very successful, in areas like banking, the media, the law or running their own businesses - they tend to earn anything from ?ú50,000 up to the millions. They are aged from late 20s to early 50s, and they are looking for a fun night out with no strings attached, because they simply do not have the time for a social life.

Books on travel are also good: the best being the kind of writing and pictures to inspire an escape or, at the very least, a flight of fancy.

Eventually I may have children. When I was younger I used to want three or four, but now I don't know. It's not a definite yes or a definite no.

It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls.

Reading is my greatest luxury.