I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

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Remember that what you have is unique because it's your own special way of looking at the world.

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People still come up to me and ask whether I am Louise Brown or if they've seen me somewhere else before.

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I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.

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Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.

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Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.

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The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

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The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.

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Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.

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It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.

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