“Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because...” — Deborah Moggach Quote

“Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this.”

“I look in the mirror expecting to be 34 and see someone who is 58. What's that all about? I haven't even thought about turning 60 yet, but so many of my friends have celebrated it by now that it's lost its terror. And I don't mind being 58; it's just such a surprise when one doesn't feel it at all.”

“I have a hippopotamus skull next to my bed, called Gregory. When I was six, my three sisters and I clubbed together and paid £4 for it in a junk shop. We collected owl pellets, ostrich eggs and sheep skulls for our natural history museum at home.”

“I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.”

“I have this character called the Goblin Commuter of Hoboken. She works on Wall Street and she's a goblin. She sort of represents the way I feel about myself in romantic situations or in professional situations, where I feel like this hideous goblin. That's sort of my post-psychoanalysis of it.”

“There's a lot of trickery that can go on in the studio, and there's a lot that one can do - none of which I am interested in even slightly. I mean, you can actually tune vocals and stuff like that, but it's so hideous, I can't believe it.”