Nina Bawden People Quotations

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.

People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.

If you are going to make companies, corporations, actually responsible for the safety of other people's lives, then if they fail in their duty, the only thing to prevent them failing in their duty is the fear that they would be put behind bars.

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.

I met my second husband on a bus. We looked at each other and that was it. We were both married to other people at the time and behaved badly, but we didn't seem to have any choice. We were very happy for nearly 50 years and would still be together if it wasn't for the bloody railways.

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with.

People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.