These days, people like me who are in the arts are perceived as celebrity writers. That really makes me angry because I expend a great deal of effort and spend an enormous amount of time on my books. And I've been writing now for 35 years.

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.

When in doubt, stand still.

If you just literally stand still for a while, listen and think, things will eventually get sorted out.

Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.