Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was 'Bent,' which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of 'The Rocky Horror Show,' with Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15.

I'm constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, 'Well, this is bloody weird', you can get through everything.

I’ve never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn’t go as far as to say ‘novelist’ because that sounds like a Victorian person.

Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don’t really think there’s anything I can’t do.

I haven’t really ever had to audition for anything.

That’s the weird thing about not being married – you can’t get regular kissing; you can’t be guaranteed of it, and that’s a great shame.

For me, whatever age or size I’ve been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

I don’t read novels whilst I’m writing one; I just haven’t got a wide enough brain to concentrate on incoming and outgoing in the same time zone.

I watch schlock telly. Like the ‘Kardashians.’ I love it. It’s my guilty pleasure.