I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.

Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it's fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.

It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon.

I've often said the most difficult things I have to say to people through humour. I can very quickly put someone in their place with it. But we all walk away unscathed because there's been some funnies around it, and I'll usually make sure that it comes back at me.