The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human… — 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
I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much. — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you're supposed to be. I think there's too… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
In terms of Bridget [Jones] I honestly don't know. One thing I can say for sure is that all of these stories… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
I made my excuses and left, thinking, really, after a certain age, people are just going to do what they're going to… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
In terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you. — 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
“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