Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.
– Alexandra Ripley
I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes.
– Alexandra Ripley
Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.
– Alexandra Ripley
We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only half alive.