Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.

If you've been fat, you will always feel and see the world as a fat person; you know how difficult it is... It's the same coming from a working-class background... it never leaves you.

Never love someone whom you think you need to mend – or who makes you feel like you should be mended. There are boys out there who look for shining girls; they will stand next to you and say quiet things in your ear that only you can hear and that will slowly drain the joy out of your heart. The books about vampires are true, baby. Drive a stake through their hearts and run away.

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

You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening. When women find the right person, on the other hand, they just... disappear for six months, then resurface, eyes shiny, and usually about six pounds heavier.

I do not... look very feminine. Diana, Princess of Wales is feminine... I am... femi-none.

Benedict Cumberbatch is very beautiful.