“My boredom threshold is low at the best of times but I have spent more time being slowly and excruciatingly bored by children than any other section of the human race.” MenHumansChildrenAgeTimeChangeRaceLowsBoredHuman RaceBoredomMore TimeSectionsThreshold Book:It's only me: pieces from a column Source: It's only me: pieces from a column
“writing had to take the form of journalism. Not for me the Shangri-la of fiction. The rewards, if any, would have been too little and too late, the bailiffs were at the door. ... Two large bailiffs, they were, who visited frequently and smiled like grand pianos, the only really reliable men in my life. They told me what they were going to do and if they did it, woe was me.” IfsMenWritingLittlesHas BeensTwoFormFictionDoorsLateRewardsJournalismPianoToo LateWoeShangri Author:Jill Tweedie
“Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women.” MenJobsWorkSuspects Book:It's only me: pieces from a column Source: It's only me: pieces from a column