I am a passionate devotee of the Howard Hawks' screwball comedies of the 1930s and the 1940s, where I think that the relations between men and women were at their civilized height in terms of banter and exchange of wit… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated, something I really didn't want to hear. Their need for me was like the need… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“Women used to have time to make mince pies and had to fake orgasms. Now we can manage the orgasms, but we have to… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
Women now influence the majority of consumer purchases. It is women's votes that will secure victory at the next election, hence the altogether delicious… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“One of the best things about having children is that it enables you to have the same loving memories as another person - you… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“The way I look at it, women in the City are like first-generation immigrants. You get off the boat, you keep your eyes down, work as hard as you can and do your damnest to ignore the taunts of ignorant natives who hate you because you look different and you smell different and because one day you might take their… — Allison Pearson Copy Share
“Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do till you require. Nor dare I question with my jealous thought Where you may be or your affairs suppose, But like a sad slave stay and think of nought Save… — Allison Pearson Copy Share
My husband is old-fashioned and kind, he does the greatest Sinatra impression, and I'd never have written anything if he hadn't read all those… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“She laughed now, and the sound of it--clear as a bell, dirty as a rugby match--turned heads all along their row.” — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“"There is an easy standoff between the two kinds of mother which sometimes makes it hard for us to talk to each other. I suspect that the non-working mother looks at the working mother with envy and fear because she thinks that the working mum has got away with it. And the working mum looks back with fear and envy… — Allison Pearson Copy Share
Going through puberty, that Cape Canaveral of the hormones, young girls are in love with the idea of being in love, trying it out… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
When we talk about women's struggle to balance their lives, certain men growl, 'If you can't stand the heat, get back to the kitchen.'… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the things that might seem slight or amusing but which I feel have a kind of profundity. — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
Children are the proof we've been here . . . they're where we go to when we die. They're the best thing and the… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
