We Have To Make Our Own Happiness,

My Mother Was A Trained Nurse, And She'd Tell Me That Patients Would Fight As They Were Administered Anaesthetic, Grappling To Get The Gas Mask Off Their Face.

I Don't Think You're Happier If You're Thin Or Beautiful Or Rich Or Married. You Have To Make Your Own Happiness. My Heroines Do Not Become Beautiful Elegant Swans, They Become Confident Ducks And Get On With Life.

I Have Always Believed That Life Is Too Short For Rows And Disagreements. Even If I Think I'm Right, I Would Prefer To Apologize And Remain Friends Rather Than Win And Be An Enemy.

I Have Great Family And Good Friends; The Stories I Told Became Popular, And People All Over The World Bought Them.

An English Journalist Called Michael Viney Told Me When I Was 25, That I Would Write Well If I Cared A Lot What I Was Writing About. That Worked. I Went Home That Day And Wrote About Parents Not Understanding Their Children As Well As We Teachers Did, And It Was Published The Very Next Week.