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.

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.

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

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

I never do any television without chocolate. That's my motto and I live by it. Quite often I write the scripts and I make sure there are chocolate scenes. Actually I'm a bit of a chocolate tart and will eat anything. It's amazing I'm so slim.

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

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.