Kathryn Minshew Quotes

I do have a lot of time for people in my life, and friendship is a very important subject for me. I think I'm unusual among the writers I know in that respect.

All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends.

I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me.

How much of our lives is consumed with meeting people, attracting people, keeping people and missing people? Usually, when everything is resolved romantically in one of my books, the characters stop talking in my head, and I stop telling the story.

As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone.

It's not about my career now. It's just about finding great work and having a good time.

Well, my life is so centered around the people I care about, my animals, and my work.

I love what I do, and I find personal joy through my work at Harman. My identity is who I am and what I do.

No man has more than a handful of close friends. He may find some of them early in life, some later.

Love, friendship, networking - these are all critical connections and the foundation of a healthy, happy life.

The most familiar and intimate habitudes, connections, friendships, require a degree of good-breeding both to preserve and cement them.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

My work life is intense. But I love what I do.

I think 'Tattoo's a song that can go so many different ways. Some people think of it as a break-up song, but, for me, it's about somebody who comes into your life and really touches you - be they a friend, a family member or someone you're in a relationship with.

I love being a mum but I do love to work too.

I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up.

After 'Secretary,' I was wanting very badly to find something to make that I really cared about.

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.

While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.

Men come and go - God knows they certainly have in my life - but girlfriends are for ever. I have a lot of girlfriends but only a few very, very close ones.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.