“barometer of success in later life is not that they always win, but how they deal with failure. An ability to pick… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I think the pressure to be perfect generally in life has amped up massively in the last twenty years: especially for young… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
9p.m. My flat. Feel very strange and empty. Is all very well thinking everything is going to be different when you come… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“You only get one life. I've just made a decision to change things a bit and spend what's left of mine looking… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.” — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Bridget Jones' Baby, at heart is about the gap between how you expect life to turn out and how it actually does. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“On the night bus, I felt as though parts of other people were going into parts of me I didn’t even know… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“ Rules for Living by Olivia Joules 1. Never panic. Stop, breathe, think. 2. No one is thinking about you. They're thinking… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“I mean, I haven't rushed to the answerphone once to see if anyone's aware of my existence in the world!” — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“Come on, let's get you a drink. How's your love life, anyway? Oh God. Why can't married people understand that this is… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“I will not fall for any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomanics, chauvists, emotional fuckwits or… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“barometer of success in later life is not that they always win, but how they deal with failure. An ability to pick themselves up… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“One has to be in control, otherwise the whole dynamic becomes a total disaster.” — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“it’s a bit like if we were on a planet where all the space creatures were short, green and fat. Except a very few… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
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… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Though with Bridget Jones's Baby: the Diaries, I'd like to make it clear that I did not ever get pregnant by two men. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I'd always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries] movie… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“Resolution number one: Obviously will lose twenty pounds. Number two: Always put last night's panties in the laundry basket. Equally important, will find sensible… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
With most of the events in the books [ Bridget Jones Diaries ] I draw a little bit from my own life and some… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“It’s no good. When someone leaves you, apart from missing them, apart from the fact that the whole little world you’ve created together collapses,… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image