Writer Quotes by Maeve Binchy

I'm an escapist kind of writer.

— Maeve Binchy

“Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. "Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy”

— Maeve Binchy

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.

— Maeve Binchy

I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take…

— Maeve Binchy

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.

— Maeve Binchy

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

— Maeve Binchy

I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer.

— Maeve Binchy

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a…

— Maeve Binchy

I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It's the only book I didn't finish. I couldn't get into the mind…

— Maeve Binchy

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am…

— Maeve Binchy

If I see Marian Keyes' books or Patricia Scanlan's books given more prominence than mine in the bookstore, I'll move mine to…

— Maeve Binchy

An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I cared a lot…

— Maeve Binchy

When I was teaching Latin in girls' schools before I became a writer, I didn't much like it if parents would come…

— Maeve Binchy

I have no idea whether what I write will be of the remotest interest to anyone else. Some mornings when I read…

— Maeve Binchy