Daphne du Maurier

"I suppose sooner or later in the life of everyone comes a moment of trial. We all of us have our particular devil who rides us and torments us, and we must give battle in the end."

"My novels are what is known as popular and sell very well, but I am not a critic’s favourite, indeed I am generally dismissed with a sneer as a bestseller and not reviewed at all."

"The name Rebecca…stood out black and strong, the tall and sloping R dwarfing the other letters."

"The Menace…in movie language, and especially among women, means a heart-throb, a lover, someone with wide shoulders and no hips."

"I was always pretending to be someone else… historical characters, all those I invented for myself…I act even to this day…It's the old imagination working, a kind of make believe."