Judith Krantz

“Nothing is as important as a likable narrator. Nothing holds a story together better.”

“My heroines are always trailblazers. They are women who are in charge of their own lives.”

“I write about very strong women who are not afraid of their own sexuality.”

“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”

“I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.”

“I don't believe in writer's block. I believe in not being in the mood.”

“I always say that I'm a novelist who is a feminist, and I'm a feminist who is a novelist.”

“I'm a great believer in the idea that you can't be a good writer unless you're a good reader.”

“I don't think of myself as a 'woman writer.' I think of myself as a writer.”

“Shopping is the greatest therapy in the world.”

“What I have is a talent for writing. I don't have a talent for regular life. I'm not good at it.”