I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic.

I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world.

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.

For me reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt.

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising.

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.