I think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously.

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.

We used to call it her Cinderella complex, because often when she had agreed to go out in the evening she would be seized by panic and announce that she had nothing to wear.

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have...

Sometimes you must shed your skin to save it.

A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.

I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.