But as the years went on, I realised that what I really want to be, all told, is a human. Just a productive, honest, courteously treated human.

It's just a horrible thing to keep saying to a woman, do you want a baby inside you? I mean, it's creepy.

All art is someone trying to tell you something.

You wanted to become a doctor to help people and feel better at the end of your job, I think, watching them, as the nurse takes my hand. But I don't think you do feel better at the end of the day. You look like humans have constantly disappointed you.

I had given up on being beautiful. But I thought I could kind of inspire boys to write songs about me. So I became a music journalist at the age of 16.

The word barren tells you everything you need to know...The word spinster tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry... Imagine if you saw George Clooney on the cover of a magazine every week with, is George broody? Is George going to adopt a baby? When is George going to have another kid? It would just seem weird. We'd seem demented, yet it's totally valid for women.

If you eat enough books, you start pooping out words.