I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

A woman at the rear of the room raised her hand. I was focused on the argument now and made a minor social error, which I quickly corrected. "The fat woman-overweight woman-at the back?"

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

Our first relationship with a male is with our fathers. It affects how we relate to men forever.

I know this song!’ Rosie laughed. ‘If you didn’t, that’d be the final proof that you’re from Mars.