I was feeling very irritable. It was that difficult time of the month when the credit card statement arrives.

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

I'm more selective now I've got a family. I don't want to work all the time. My daughter's 12; I don't want to miss out on her life. Soon she'll be a teenager; she won't want me around.

When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow.

Debate is so much better than denial.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.