Top 76 Quotes & Sayings by Jane Fallon

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Jane Elizabeth Mary Fallon is an English author and television producer.

English - Author | Born: December 6, 1960

Source: Wikipedia

As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.

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I tend to make snap judgements about people.

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I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.

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I'm such a solitary person that working on my own is perfect for me.

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I've got a really good group of friends. I don't feel the need to go out and forge new bonds.

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I spent my whole childhood trying to find places to be on my own. I used to sit on the water tank in the attic or in the dog's kennel. I was quite a strange child.

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People always say, 'My family is so normal,' and when you poke into them, they never are.

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I've always been very clear: I never want to be known just as somebody's girlfriend.

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The earlier I wake up, the better my day, so I try to get out of bed between 5 A.M. and 7 A.M.

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When I left university with a history degree, I had no idea what I wanted to do, and I was terrified of accidentally ending up in the wrong career.

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I've always been a glass-half-empty sort of person.

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What I like about writing novels is that I'm in my own world for nine months.

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Bizarrely, I've been called selfish for not having children. Surely it's more selfish to have a child when you don't really want a child?

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When I started working from home, I made a promise to myself to go out at least once a day.

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I rarely go out at night - usually once every two weeks. I'm much happier staying in.

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Grandchildren are the Furbies of the offspring world. They're cute, they're funny, you can play with them and then put them away when they start to get on your nerves.

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One thing that was drummed into me when I was younger is that you have to make your own way in life, that you mustn't expect anyone else to support you.

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I think a lot of people assume you need to be born into a special creative family to have a career as a writer. So I never thought it would happen for me.

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Our Siamese cat, Ollie, is like a dog in a cat's body because she is really loyal and very chatty, following me around the house all day.

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I think it makes you a good listener about other people's relationships when you haven't got that much to say about your own.

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There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

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I'm such a sucker for the Tiffany blue box.

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In the winter, my failsafe dinner party menu has to be my roast chicken or a creamy fish pie with mashed potatoes on top, followed by something like a tarte tatin. My cooking style is quite homely.

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The best thing about a British winter is the cold weather, real fires, frosty mornings. I love living somewhere that has proper seasons.

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I don't know one end of a car from another.

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My idea of the perfect day is nothing to do and a great book on the go.

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My dad used to cut out newspaper ads and post them to me in the hope I'd get a proper job.

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I am too much of a worrier. I'm the person who thinks about calling round all the hospitals when someone is five minutes later than they said they would be.

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I was never one of those little girls who played with baby dolls and picked names for her firstborn. I was playing in the mud with my dog, doing backflips, and climbing trees.

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Ricky and I met aged 22 at University College London.

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You just don't come across proper, deep, loyal friendships very easily later on in life.

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I'm turning into one of those people who writes to the actors on 'Coronation Street' - a really obsessive fan.

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Even when I was a kid, I was never interested in any of that marriage or baby stuff.

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If you spend too much time in L.A., you might start to lose a sense of what's normal.

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I like to dance and throw things around as I cook.

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The Killers and Kaiser Chiefs are great for exercise.

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I've always worked out, but running pushed bits of me harder than anything else I had ever done.

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I suppress stress to the point where it will force its way through my skin in the form of a large angry pimple because that's the only channel it has.

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Getting up early means I can write for a few hours before anyone starts phoning me or ringing the doorbell.

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I'm not a girly girl at all.

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I never show my books to Ricky. His writing is very different, and anyway, he's only read one novel in his life: 'The Catcher in the Rye.'

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Painting my nails is the easiest way to look as though I've made an effort.

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The idea of appearing in front of an audience or on live TV terrifies me.

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Since I was an adult, I've always lived in the centre of London - King's Cross, Bloomsbury - and never thought I'd leave.

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You come across those real, genuine friendships so rarely in your life and they are so precious, you know the people who really have your back, who love you unconditionally and aren't your family. You don't stumble across those people very often.

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My whole life, I've wanted to be a novelist.

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I love L.A. for a couple of days - I like the healthy food - but it's a one-industry town.

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