All Jilly Cooper Quotes
- I wrote my earliest piece for The Sunday Times about being a young wife. Earliest
- At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down. Big
- Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know… Family
- I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half. Different Pubs
- I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969. Book
- I think we ought to have a kindness year, or a kindness century. Century
- I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows. Coming
- It must be a terrible pressure to have to go to the office. Go
- There is nothing more attractive than a man who is not a New Man. Attractive
- My own parents loved each other very much. Each
- I would really like to spend more time with the family. Every time I go abroad I miss them all dreadfully. Abroad
- And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready. Emily
- I'd never have written the big books in London. Big
- But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a… Always Seem
- I'm basically a very happy person and I don't have to be anybody else. Anybody
- I live at home and, if I want to start work at 11 o'clock, I can. Clock
- But really I'm not terribly interested in what I eat. Eat
- For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no. Beautiful
- I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook. Bespeaks
- Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon. Advice
- The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things. Animal
- The bank told us we ought to sell this house to pay off our overdraft. Riders saved the day. I was so pleased when it… All
- I've got a book coming out soon so I just must get some weight off. Book
- If you look across the valley, you can see exactly what I mean: about four beautiful houses, and you think something is happening in each… Across
- Leo, sadly, has Parkinson's, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things. All