I'd always hoped to write the story as a novel, but there was a long period when the [Bridget Jones's Baby: The… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money,… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I got into my usual obsessive writing frenzy, using all the material I'd worked on for so long and crafting it into… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
That's when the idea for Mad About the Boy arrived. It wasn't even a Bridget [Jones] story initially - then I realized… — 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
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