Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.

Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.

My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.

When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

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.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.