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

I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football.

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself.

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

American culture is kind of an international culture, isn't it? British culture is a bit more unique. I think funny things are sort of funny around the world, really.