Writing is very different to having your photo taken. You are exposing yourself more, not physically but emotionally. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I was at school I wanted to be a writer and an actress. Then this whole modelling thing happened. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I'm doing what I've always wanted to do: being a mum, writing, living in the country, having a happy time. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I think with girls you have a real responsibility in terms of how you discuss the physical. Talking about your looks or body in… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I named my rabbit Pancake and my guinea pig Maple Syrup. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
It is hard finding clothes that fit. At the German Vogue shoot most of the clothes were undone at the back. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
How I view my body hasn't been uncomplicated, but that was because my body was discussed and dissected at great length in a very… — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image
I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras. — Sophie Dahl Copy Share Image