Eventually, I manage to cheer Mum up by allowing her to go through my wardrobe and criticize all my clothes.

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already.

Women today are bombarded with so many messages, like we should have Naomi Campbell's body and Madeleine Albright's career.

..we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.

On social media people tend to show off, and post their most attractive picture, and moments that are most likely to give everyone else FOMO (Fear of Missing out). They rarely share the moments when they feel down, or when things have gone wrong and they need support.

Bridget Jones' Baby, at heart is about the gap between how you expect life to turn out and how it actually does.

I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat chip sandwiches: white bread, butter, tomato catsup and big fat french fries. It's delicious. Here, you order a creme caramel and the waiter says, 'You know, that contains dairy.