Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos. — 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
