Jane Fallon Quotes

Jane Fallon

Profession : Author

Birth : December 6, 1960

I have a strong say in how my books are marketed, and the covers - I am very firm that I don't want pink and fluffy, or stick figures sitting drinking cocktails. That's simply not appealing to me.

Jane Fallon

It's a difficult world, and you shouldn't have kids unless you really want them.

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I like being on my own. I'm very happy in my own company.

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What I like about writing novels is that I'm in my own world for nine months.

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If I die, I know the news item would be, 'Partner of Ricky Gervais and novelist dies.' That would come first. But I've come to terms with it. As long as they do still add the 'and novelist,' that will be fine.

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I just feel that if you're going to have kids, you need to believe that, emotionally, you can give them a really good life.

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I'm stupidly shy. It's the thing I dislike most about myself.

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Having grown up quite shy and quiet, it's important that I mark out who I am in the world through my work.

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I'm not a gossip. The worst thing anyone can say to me is, 'Ooh, I've got some gossip.' I'm like, 'Oh, shut up.'

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Any situation where I feel like people are looking at me and I've got to speak is the kind of thing I have nightmares about.

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'Teachers' is in no way a realistic soap; we're not trying to do that, which is why we never do 'issues.'

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Thirty is still the iconic number. It's when people compare their actual lives with what they think they should have achieved.

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I love being at home.

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Whenever I'm out, I have a bit of a yearning to be in my house, to be able to shut the door on the world.

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Since I was an adult, I've always lived in the centre of London - King's Cross, Bloomsbury - and never thought I'd leave.

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