Author: Wendy Cope

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I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.

- Wendy Cope

There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not going to make them laugh. But there are quite a lot of poems there that aren't funny at all.

There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not going to make them laugh. But there are quite a lot of poems there that aren't funny at all.

- Wendy Cope

Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.

Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.

- Wendy Cope

Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear.

Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear.

- Wendy Cope

I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.

I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.

- Wendy Cope

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.

- Wendy Cope

I like a quiet life.

I like a quiet life.

- Wendy Cope

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