108 Quotes by Sophie Dahl

It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a writer, you are in control.

I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras.

I absolutely didn't think, 'I am really fat, I must get thinner.'

I've got to confess... I do feel slightly like I've been born in the wrong time.

It's nice being married to someone who likes to read because you can indulge in geeky conversations about books.

I have a great deal of admiration for my mum.

Feminism is so pertinent - it affects all of us. As a woman you have an instinct to question sexual politics, we have a responsibility to care.

My childhood was such an odd one, but with such magic, and the quirky grown-ups who were in it managed to still bring a huge sense of love and magic, so for that I'm really grateful.

I've started to read more factual books, partly because I didn't go to university.