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18 quotes by Helen Fielding

Helen Fielding is an English novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones, a sequence of novels and films that chronicle the life of a thirtysomething singleton in London as she tries to make sense of life and love. Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason have been published in forty countries and sold more than 15 million copies. The two films of the same name have...
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Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary... →

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It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly... →

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I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked in beef... →

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I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat chip sandwiches: white bread... →

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I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces.

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It is horrid to smirk.

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I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this... →

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There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you're supposed to be. I think there's too much of this superwoman, this... →

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I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are... →

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If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at... →

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Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

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I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.

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