I do needlepoint from kits. I give them as gifts to people in the form of cushion covers and they are often speechless with horror.

The main advantage of working at home is that you get to find out what cats really do all day.

Sticklers never read a book without a pencil at hand, to correct the typographical errors. In short, we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and are in continual peril of being disowned by our exasperated families.

Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don't get me started. But don't you agree that the Internet has softened our brains and made us forget that 'choice' used to mean something different from selecting options from menus?

If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.

The way people behave towards each other is a measure of their value as human beings.

One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.