When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners

I wouldn't say I was organised at all. I just have to prioritise. Is it more important for them to be organised, or to have their dinner, do you know what I mean?

I've no interest in fashion, shoes, handbags, or sweaty shopping.

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 dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

I've always been criticised for how filthy my material is. Victoria Wood said to me once, 'I wish I was a bit ruder, like you,' and I said, 'Well, I wish I was a bit cleaner, like you.'

If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so you have to work out a way of dealing with it. The best way is to be humorous about it - that defuses any tension.