I think it's so easy when you have children just to turn your focus inward on your family and because, when they're young, you don't sleep very much, you're walking around like a zombie most of the time anyway. It's a really important part of my life to have good friends, you have to work quite hard to keep the relationships going but it's worth it.

The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.

Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy.

My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.

They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.

No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.

My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That probably tells you everything you need to know about my attitude to money - I've never really been bothered about it.