“I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym becau...” — Sophie Kinsella Quote

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

“I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, 'Oh, that's chick-lit.' You say, 'Okay.' But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand.”

“What no one tells you - or maybe they did tell me, and I chose not to listen - is that there's really no 'coming back' from bleached platinum hair. You sort of have to cut it all off and start over.”

“It's hard for anyone to say that they chose to put their parent in a home rather than give up a large part of their own life to care for them, and thinking about the years leading up to my father's death still punishes me.”

“The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.”