Quote by Helen Fielding
I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and

I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing Bridget Jones to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out. – Helen Fielding

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I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. – Helen Fielding

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