A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn't keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I don't regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don't want to go into!

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.

The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination.