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The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.

Sophie Kinsella

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Sophie Kinsella
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 12
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Madeleine Wickham
Madeleine Sophie Wickham
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Instinctive
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Totally
Feels
Agree
Writing
Funny
Way
Hope
Everyone
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Else
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There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.
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It's not enough to believe! Don't you see that, you stupid girl? You could spend your whole life hoping and believing! If a love affair is one-sided, then it's only ever a question, never an answer. You can't live your life waiting for an answer.
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And maybe now you'll start treating everybody with respect. Not just the people you think are important.
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It's a GIRL. It's a little girl, with scrunched-up petal lips and a tuft of dark hair and hands in tiny fits, up by her ears. All that time, that's who was in there. And it's weird, but the minute I saw her I just thought: IT'S YOU. Of course it is.
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A real relationship is two-way.
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Hi. Hi. I shrug, as though to say Whatever. In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. So. So. I can play this game too. Poppy. Poppy. I mean, Magnus. I scowl. He caught me out.
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Your father always tries to see the good side of people to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an excuse. (Mom - to Lara Lington)
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Everyone keeps saying I’ll pick it up. But what if I don’t? I did algebra for three years, and I never picked that up.
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Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.
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The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.
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If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be.
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I know this is our honeymoon. But just sometimes, I wish Luke was a girl.
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This is a test, isn't it? It's like choosing out of three caskets in a fairy tale. Everyone knows the rules. You never choose the gold shiny one. Or even the quite impressive silver one. What you're supposed to do is choose the dull little lead one, and then there's a flash of light and it turns into a mountain of jewels
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If it's in the bin, it's public property.
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Women need chocolate. It's a scientific fact.
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Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho.
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You won’t let me buy any clothes. Now you won’t let me buy a road map, either! I need to spend some money or I’m going to go crazy!
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You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did.
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I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list.
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