You say to yourself: ‘What could people, in all these countries, find in my books?’ and yet I think we’re all the same, anywhere. Everybody is a hero or a dramatic person in their own story if you just know where to look. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
I couldn’t have children, so that’s the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it’s not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar’s love of learning for its own sake. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour’s journey each way, and he would read a paperback in four journeys. After supper, we all sat down to read – it was long before TV, remember! Maeve Binchy Read Quote
I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I’m an escapist kind of writer. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
I once tried to write a novel about revenge. It’s the only book I didn’t finish. I couldn’t get into the mind of the person who was plotting vengeance. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It’s more like a heap of stones – a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That’s how I see it. Maeve Binchy Read Quote
