I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We’re living longer and expecting more from life; the success of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,’ and other films and novels about finding love late in life, have shown that if we’re up for it, there are adventures awaiting us. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
Nothing beats weaving through the rush-hour traffic or whizzing past the eternal gridlock that is the Strand. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even thinking about driving. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are you at the mercy of bus drivers, roadworks, decisions made by others and over which you have no control. Believe me, once you’ve tasted this freedom, you’re hooked. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
The greatest artists know how to entertain, or else nobody would read them. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
If people want to take their lives and are helped to do so, the punishment is tragic for all concerned. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
One sees more and more people who are miserable and demented and you feel it would be both kind and wise to leave them a few pills. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
I’m mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What’s that all about? I haven’t even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it’s lost its terror. And I don’t mind being 58; it’s just such a surprise when one doesn’t feel it at all. Deborah Moggach Read Quote
