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Peter Mayle quotes: There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place.

There are plenty of miserable millionaires all over the place.

Peter Mayle quotes: The people of Provence greeted spring with uncharacteristic briskness, as if nature had given everyone an injection of sap.

The people of Provence greeted spring with uncharacteristic briskness, as if nature had given everyone an injection of sap.

Peter Mayle quotes: Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.

Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.

Peter Mayle quotes: La Closerie, in Ansouis.

La Closerie, in Ansouis.

Peter Mayle quotes: I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

Peter Mayle quotes: There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor ...

There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor ...

Peter Mayle quotes: Beh oui. Better sticky than burned.

Beh oui. Better sticky than burned.

Peter Mayle quotes: Very little happens in my books.

Very little happens in my books.

Peter Mayle quotes: Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.

Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.

Peter Mayle quotes: It was exciting at first... Then it became routine. I guess everything does, even if it's dangerous.

It was exciting at first... Then it became routine. I guess everything does, even if it's dangerous.

Peter Mayle quotes: It's very nice to meet the people who read my books.

It's very nice to meet the people who read my books.

Peter Mayle quotes: I have a robust sense of humour which helps me deal with problems.

I have a robust sense of humour which helps me deal with problems.

Peter Mayle quotes: I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

Peter Mayle quotes: You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.

You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.

Peter Mayle quotes: Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

Peter Mayle quotes: I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.

I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.

Peter Mayle quotes: Prescription for writer's block: fear of poverty.

Prescription for writer's block: fear of poverty.

Peter Mayle quotes: A connoisseur of woe needs fresh worries from time to time, or he will become complacent.

A connoisseur of woe needs fresh worries from time to time, or he will become complacent.

Peter Mayle quotes: Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

Peter Mayle quotes: I would dearly love to resist the temptation, if you can call it that, to worry. It's boring, it's anti-social, it's unproductive and it's depressing.

I would dearly love to resist the temptation, if you can call it that, to worry. It's boring, it's anti-social, it's unproductive and it's depressing.

Peter Mayle quotes: I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather.

I was lucky enough to spend some of my school days in Barbados, where my father was working, and this gave me a taste for hot weather.

Peter Mayle quotes: What a marvelous sunset,' she said. 'Yes,' replied her husband. 'Most impressive for such a small village.

What a marvelous sunset,' she said. 'Yes,' replied her husband. 'Most impressive for such a small village.

Peter Mayle quotes: Sundays in France have a different atmosphere to other days, with fewer phone calls, no postman, no delivery men and no one banging on the door.

Sundays in France have a different atmosphere to other days, with fewer phone calls, no postman, no delivery men and no one banging on the door.

Peter Mayle quotes: No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

Peter Mayle quotes: I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.

I don't have a boss. Well, I have a boss: the public. If the public doesn't buy my books, I would be out of a job.

Peter Mayle quotes: Oh, that,' he said. 'Poncet is grooming his ass.

Oh, that,' he said. 'Poncet is grooming his ass.

Peter Mayle quotes: One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.

One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.

Peter Mayle quotes: The English kill their meat twice: once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.

The English kill their meat twice: once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.

Peter Mayle quotes: Best advice I've ever received: Finish.

Best advice I've ever received: Finish.