I am not, I repeat, NOT a lesbian - even though I'd like to be one when I grow up.

I'd like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine.

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

Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?

Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.