Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.

I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection says something about you as a person, and certainly my books are something I'd want to pass on for future generations.

When you cry, you don't look very attractive; you look snotty and blotchy. People seem to manage to cry quite prettily these days, and to me, that smacks of not being very genuine.

My ex-boyfriend can round last night, which was weird because I didn't know he was in a coma.

When you have children your house smells very unpleasant all the time.

There's still this underlying image of women that they should fulfil a certain role. It's no accident that a lot of men who are a bit misogynistic tend to say things like 'get back to the kitchen' or 'why aren't you at home looking after the kids'.