The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.

I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter.

I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person.

That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

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

I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable.