I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

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• Maeve Binchy:

  I'm an escapist kind of writer.

• Maeve Binchy:

  I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer.

• Maeve Binchy:

  All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.

• Maeve Binchy:

  I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents

• Maeve Binchy:

  An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I care

• Maeve Binchy:

  Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents

• Maeve Binchy:

  Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peacef

• Maeve Binchy:

  If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look

• Maeve Binchy:

  We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself

• Maeve Binchy:

  Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.