And every book, you find, has its own social group--friends of its own it wants to introduce you to, like a party in the library that need never, ever end.

Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.

Women are feminist by default.

The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

Just proportionately, statistically, one in three women are going to have an abortion. They're not all going to feel guilty.

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.