My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.
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I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.
I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.
Books are my weakness.
I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. I don't remember any of his ladies being bookish. So I was entirely dependent on my schoolteachers for my early reading with the exception of 'The Wind in the Willows,' which a stepmother read to me when I was in hospital.
I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way my entire life.
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.
It's funny - my wife is more jealous of my books than of other women because I'm always working and thinking about my books.
All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain.
In my high-minded and naive way, I believed the only books worth reading were the classics.
I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.
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