I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.

I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

My mother use to call me 'Miss Perpetual Motion' because I rarely keep still.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.