I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.

Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end.

Discover the times when you're most creative - mornings, nights, afternoons - and clear the time to work then. Many writers find the mornings are best, and the afternoons are only good for editorial corrections, or getting the washing done. Others can only work through the night, drunk.

When I was young, I couldnt imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they werent out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.

But it's also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes.

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories.