I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would. — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
There is probably an innate masochism in a lot of women that ends up disappointed if men don't ill-treat them. — Fay Weldon Disappointed Copy Share Image
“Guilt is to the soul as pain is to the body, a warning that harm is being done.” — Fay Weldon Guilt Copy Share Image
“My troubles are not outside me,' said Esther, 'they are inside me. Those are the worst troubles of all.” — Fay Weldon Esther Copy Share Image
Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest. — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
I like sex. I've had feedback but men will feed you back anything, won't they? — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion. — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
One friend dies and we remain indifferent; another dies, perhaps less intimate, and we see ourselves as dead, and weep, mourn, tear… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious… — Fay Weldon Brotherhood Copy Share Image
Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe… — Fay Weldon Circles Copy Share Image
“I just want not to be hurt by him. I want it to be like it was when I was a child,… — Fay Weldon Children Copy Share Image
“A brave little woman,’ said the vicar. ‘So many of our women are now left alone.’ And so they were. Those who… — Fay Weldon Gender Copy Share Image
I was seduced by secrets, which are to true love as artificial sweetener is to sugar, calorie-free but in the long run… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and… — Fay Weldon Children Copy Share Image
Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
I like the dry-cleaners. I like the sense of refreshment and renewal. I like the way dirty old torn clothes are dumped,… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
No one should be allowed to give back the gift of life, unless they are very old and full of tears, when… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
“Truly, books are wonderful things; to sit alone in a room and laugh and cry, because you are reading, and still be… — Fay Weldon Book Copy Share Image
Every time you open your wardrobe, you look at your clothes and you wonder what you are going to wear. What you… — Fay Weldon Clothes Copy Share Image
