I like a little bit of revolution. I think it's a very good hobby for a young woman. Better than squash.

When you live in a small house with five younger siblings, it's actually far more sensible- and much quicker- to cry alone.

For me, and I suspect a lot of socially awkward people, dealing with people face-to-face seems really traumatic. Particularly if you have massive sweating issues, and particularly if on top of that you have quite smelly sweat that smells like onion soup.

The problem with battling yourself is that even if you win, you lose.

I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.

I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear this is no exaggeration. Perhaps China is rising as an economic superpower because its women aren’t spending all their time reading about Oprah Winfrey’s ass.

I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.