190 Quotes by Maeve Binchy

Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.

I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.

I also wanted to bring in the question of class-consciousness and inequality of position. The people of Ireland have no right to be class conscious.

I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.

I wore miniskirts in the days when no fat girls should have, and with total delight.

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

I was fat, and that was awful because when you're young and sensitive, you think the world is over because you're fat.

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.