Interview with Peter Mayle

"If you could install one luxurious amenity into your house free of charge, what would it be?"

"I think it would have to be a secretary. At the moment I answer all my own letters, all my own calls, and they tend to pile up and I'm very bad at them. What I would love is a secretary who's about 60 years old, trained in the Army, absolutely averse to speech before midday, waiting to be piled with masses and masses of work and chores -- a silent, completely efficient machine disguised as a human being."
-Peter Mayle [From an interview with BookPage]

Yes, I’m a tad bit obsessed with Peter Mayle at the moment. Not obsessed in the sense I want to visit Provence and find him (he already has enough fans who do this) but obsessed in the sense I enjoy him as an author. I like his idea of a personal secretary. Who wouldn’t love an assistant? I know mine would need to be trained as a coffee barista and hair stylist. My lattes and hair need care, after all.