It's strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.

Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

We've got 12-year-old boys dressing up as transvestites.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

My favourite restaurant of all time is Mildreds on London's Lexington Street. It's a little vegetarian restaurant and is really fun and healthy, too. It was the first place I went to in London and really liked. That was 20 years ago, and it is still my favourite.