You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not.'

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

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 daughter couldn't care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn't gone anywhere yet.

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

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

My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day.