I know a lot of people fear the rougher types who might be at a state school, but surely it is better to know who they are and how to deal with them than for that kind of child to appear as a completely different species to yours. – Arabella Weir
If ones honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly. – Arabella Weir
I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity. – Arabella Weir
My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo. – Arabella Weir
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer