Rosamunde Pilcher

I never expect anything from anybody. I'm a bit Scottish like that - I don't like to be disappointed and let down. I like to take life very slowly.

The two most wonderful things in life are money and sex, but the minute you start discussing them, they become b-o-r-i-n-g.

People today expect too much from marriage. Getting married is really like taking on a big new job.

Life for women in rural Scotland is not like anywhere else in the world. We all live very far apart, and you don't just ring your girlfriend up for a cup of coffee. There really is no sense of community, no pubs, no clubs. The golf clubs are male prerogatives, and the women are isolated and have to have their own resources.