19 Sophie Kinsella Quotes for You to Enjoy

Sophie Kinsella

American Author

Born: Dec 12, 1969

Book Great Life People Writing You

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

To some extent, all authors are a little schizophrenic. We lead most of our lives in solitary confinement, living and breathing the books that we're writing. Sophie Kinsella

Writing Schizophrenic Living Our Books Our Lives Solitary Solitary Confinement Some Lead Most Authors Confinement Little Breathing Lives Extent

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. Sophie Kinsella

Cooking Walk Looking Distracted One Thing Somehow Pick Tidy Truly Brain Up Get Room Cook Right Thing Start

When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung by deliverymen. Sophie Kinsella

Writing Rung Log Constantly Amazon Being Break

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. Sophie Kinsella

Book Writing World College First Living Randomly Jobs Pensions Magazine Had Until Got Just After Media Applied Started

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. Sophie Kinsella

Life Good You Journalist Everything Books About Blank Write Beyond Witty Been Scope Ironic Get Screen Being Want Teaches

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. Sophie Kinsella

Buy You Money Perspective Will Think Else Month Something Week Weekend Could Put Rent Afford Want Groceries Away Things

There is something exciting about saving up for a special treat. Bring back the piggy bank! Sophie Kinsella

Treat Saving Back About Something Exciting Up Bank Special Bring

Shopping with friends is a great way of still enjoying the thrill of the chase without having to make a purchase. It can also be a real bonding opportunity. Helping your friend find something nice is just as rewarding as helping yourself. Sophie Kinsella

Great Yourself Shopping Opportunity Nice Way Find Purchase Something Thrill Having Chase Also Make Great Way Without Real Still Friend Friends Just Rewarding Your Helping Enjoying Bonding

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about. Sophie Kinsella

Great Out About Taking Fan Laptop

When I had the idea for 'Shopaholic', it was as though a light switched on. I realised I actually wanted to write comedy. No apologies, no trying to be serious, just full-on entertainment. The minute I went with that and threw myself into it, it felt just like writing my first book again - it was really liberating. Sophie Kinsella

Myself Entertainment Book Writing Light Comedy First Liberating Though Minute Threw Write Had Idea Like Felt Trying Just Wanted Realised Again Really Apology Full-On Serious Switched Actually

My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an author, your name almost becomes a brand; readers know what to expect. Sophie Kinsella

I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face. Sophie Kinsella

Time Me Book People Face First Meet Books Say About Invariably Something Write Never Written First Time Reply Maybe Children

My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas morning to find Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in my stocking. I had never been so excited by the sight of a book - and have possibly never been since! Sophie Kinsella

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up. Sophie Kinsella

Books Adore Cheering Up Whenever Them Turn Ill Need

People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance. Sophie Kinsella

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To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What I'm writing is real. Sophie Kinsella

Life Balance Mistake Writing Personal Life Think Worries Would Would-Be Finds About Someone Unreal Never Makes Real Personal Who Her

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