I had no plans to be a writer. My teenaged bid for stardom was to be a pop star... which, ahem, didn't exactly work out.

Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan" - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby

Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.

I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.

Wow. I've never been a VIP before. I've never even been a IP.

Flame itself is something that produces light via a chemical reaction, its not an opaque object unless its a very sooty flame.May i not have sooth in me Lord. MAY I BE A LIGHT WHEREVER I BE

Hope is the first thing to take some sort of action.

It's a battle to be seen in the world of advertisers and in the world of business as a serious force.

As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.

Venice, the most touristy place in the world, is still just completely magic to me.

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.

I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.

It may be easier than ever to start a product, but building a company is just as hard as its ever been.