American - Author | December 12, 1969 -
I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.
Sophie Kinsella
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The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.
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I can't cook. I don't have the right brain for it, somehow. I can't walk into a room and tidy it up. I get distracted. I pick up one thing and I start looking at it. And my cooking is truly heinous.
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I'm an impulse buyer. I don't really go out with a list.
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When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung by deliverymen.
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It wasn't until after college that I started writing. I had just applied randomly for jobs in the media and got one on a magazine called 'Pensions World.' So I was writing for a living there and that's when I started my first book.
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Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described as froth, but there's scope to be witty and ironic about everything in life.
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I had gone to Oxford to read music. I had done music all my life, but when I got to college I didn't want to do it anymore.
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I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.
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I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.
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If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.
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There is something exciting about saving up for a special treat. Bring back the piggy bank!
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