Nina Bawden

I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#angry #i #i am #survivor #victim

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#events #liars #make #own #people

Children often have a much stronger concept of morality than adults. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#concept #morality #much #often #stronger

I dislike the word 'victim.' I dislike being told that I 'lost' my husband - as if I had idly abandoned you by the side of the railway track like an unwanted pair of old shoes. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#being #dislike #had #husband #i

I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#different #different way #duty #i #i think

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#children #feelings #i #like #me

I met Richard Burton, an RAF cadet on a two-term course. I would have flirted more enthusiastically if it had not been for the horrid boils on the back of his neck. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#been #boils #burton #cadet #course

I wanted to be a war reporter - scrabbling around, exposing things. I didn't want to go to university, I wanted to get a job, but Auntie Beryl said I should go to Oxford. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#exposing #get #go #i #job

I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#farm #hate #i #live #living

I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#difference #feeling #found #get #i