I'm attracted to playing things that I find difficult, just because it's a journey that is much more interesting.

No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.

When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.

No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.