I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.

I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.

When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very good looking, who suddenly made a bit of money and who felt no embarrassment - and nor should they have done - about having a good time.

I want my best friend back, she thinks, because without him nothing is good and nothing is right.

These days the nights and mornings have a tendency to bleed into one another.

Well, it's so hard for books to take off. You give years of your life to something that probably won't happen, so when it does, it feels a little unjust.

…and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other.