Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.
All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing.
I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
I'm part Bridget Jones, part Larry David. I'm shy; I'm prude.
Publishers have published women's fiction into a corner, and now we are all trying to punch our way out of it. We just have to write the best books we possibly can and hope that, once the pink covers and Bridget Jones have faded from memory, we might finally be allowed just to be called writers.
When 'Ally McBeal' started, I went, 'Oh, my God.' It's like what I was doing. 'Bridget Jones' was in the same vein. I identify with all of them.
The Cold War was over, presidential sex scandals superseded foreign concerns, and the American public was more interested in reading about fiendish serial killers, dependable mystery series protagonists, and any book thought to be in the vein of Bridget Jones and her abbreviation-happy diary.
'Bridget Jones' is meant to be a funny night out, but with emotional truth. I wanted to make it a classic that you can pick up in 10 years and not cringe over.
Every girl wants to play Bridget Jones.
