I was expecting it to be cynical because I'm like that myself. I wouldn't want it to be all roses because life isn't like that.

I love America, it's a much more permissive place.

Sisters come before carpet burns and blisters.

I'm a young woman and I'm going to write about what I know.

Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy.

Music was my ultimate ambition but I liked all of it. I wanted to discipline myself in dance and acting too and I'd done all three since I was 9-years-old. I could sing, but I didn't become a great singer.