Quotes from Margaret Forster

God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve.

I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.

I absolutely adored Wuthering Heights and fell in love with Heathcliff as most girls do.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

I write in the morning, I walk in the afternoon and I read in the evening. It's a very easy, lovely life.

I don't like taking from anyone. I'd rather be a giver, though not for any worthy reason. It's about control, obviously. If I give, I control; if I take, I am controlled. If someone offers me something for free I am at once suspicious.

She smiled slightly as she continued to gaze at the passing scene: she was being a snob and delighting in it.

Her mind raced with millions of violent and spectacular thoughts and ideas and in the centre of herself, she stored a passion which might terrify people if they suspected it.