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.

Suffice to say, many women find their first appearance on a comedy panel show to be their last. Second chances seem to be given less often to the female of the species.

It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of people.

I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.

I used to get nervous about three weeks before a gig... now I've managed to condense it down to a manageable ten minutes.

I've been breastfeeding for two years. I could light the gas ring with my nipples.