“Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassur…” — Agatha Christie

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that.

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.