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If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I’d rather be an unpopular writer.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

I will never stop writing. People often ask when I will retire, but I say it’s none of their business. Writing defines who I am. I love the feeling of holding a finished book in my hands, and then I can’t wait to start the great adventure of writing the next one.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Adventure Book Writing
I work eight hours a day, but I’m not writing all that time. I’m thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Eight Thinking Writing
In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Moderation Opinion Virtue
Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Needs Powerful Strong Women
The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Go Letting Past Perspective
Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Always Expect Succeed Woman
Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Defend Happened Life never
Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Light Stress Thinking
She put her hand in his, and he clasped it firmly, knowing he had been waiting for her all his life.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Hands Knowing Waiting
At the age of fifty-six Eleanor Stoddard was still a beautiful woman. She owned three hotels in France and another two in England. From nothing at all, she had built an empire. Eleanor had it all. Her one weakness was the young man sleeping beside her.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Beautiful Men Sleep
Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Enjoy Horse Morning
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Persons Simplest Taste
He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Clouds Envy Hate
What is done can never be undone.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Done never Undone
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will – Montaigne, Essays
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Life Lying Men
Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.
BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

Cousin Love Passion