If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

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

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

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

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.

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.