There are two types of people in this world: one who opens a packet of biscuits, has one and puts the rest back in the cupboard, and one who eats the whole packet in one go.

I'd love to live in Kent but it's all a question of work.

I just don't like travelling very much.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.