The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Living together places a huge burden on the other person to be lover, friend, entertainments manager, chef, domestic help, which is almost impossible and can lead to disappointment. If you don't live together, you spend more time with other people… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
“Our task is not to solve enigmas, but to be aware of them, to bow our heads before them and also to prepare the… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate,… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
“Even when I succeed in getting there we only have an hour. At ten o’clock the night-watch trumpet sounds and those who are out… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
“The world is chaotic. All artists know this, but they try to make sense of it. Sophia has made sense of it for him.… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Living apart is hardly possible if people have children together. It can also be more expensive to maintain two homes. But then, it's expensive… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
The greatest artists know how to entertain, or else nobody would read them. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
