Top 35 Jane Fallon Quotes

I remember watching a ‘Big Brother’ contestant saying that she wanted to be a footballer’s wife. I thought, ‘What is the world coming to?’

I suppress stress to the point where it will force its way through my skin in the form of a large angry pimple because that’s the only channel it has.

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

When I left university with a history degree, I had no idea what I wanted to do, and I was terrified of accidentally ending up in the wrong career.

There’s something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

You just don’t come across proper, deep, loyal friendships very easily later on in life.

I’m such a sucker for the Tiffany blue box.

Everyone has bits of dysfunction in their families, but I actually have a very nice, happy one.

My hair is frizzy, so I’m constantly smoothing it down.

When I started working from home, I made a promise to myself to go out at least once a day.

After my eye test, I was told I was showing symptoms of glaucoma. I realised – but only in retrospect – that pains in my eyes and the feeling of pressure that I had been experiencing must have been because of that. I’d assumed they were symptoms of migraines.

I am too much of a worrier. I’m the person who thinks about calling round all the hospitals when someone is five minutes later than they said they would be.

If you spend too much time in L.A., you might start to lose a sense of what’s normal.

I’ve always been very clear: I never want to be known just as somebody’s girlfriend.

I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.

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.’

I don’t know one end of a car from another.

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

The best thing about a British winter is the cold weather, real fires, frosty mornings. I love living somewhere that has proper seasons.

The idea of appearing in front of an audience or on live TV terrifies me.

I like to dance and throw things around as I cook.

Painting my nails is the easiest way to look as though I’ve made an effort.

I’ve got a really good group of friends. I don’t feel the need to go out and forge new bonds.

I’ve never regretted not having kids.

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.

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

I love the tailoring of ’50s- and ’60s-inspired dresses.

My idea of the perfect day is nothing to do and a great book on the go.

I tend to make snap judgements about people.

I’m not a girly girl at all.

If someone tells me something and asks me to keep it a secret, I always do.

One reviewer dubbed my first book, ‘Getting Rid of Matthew,’ ‘chick noir,’ and another called it ‘anti chick lit,’ both of which I loved.

I’ve never wanted a baby. I’ve always wanted a cat.

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.

I write about messy relationships – between friends, rivals, married couples, siblings. I’m not really interested in boy/girl romances.