England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.

When it comes to parenthood everyone thinks they will be terrible at it. We don't think we have it in us. Then you find out that you do, which truly is a miracle in life.

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

My main memories of my father are of his illness.

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.

Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.