I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'

I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.

I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.

Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you.

I remember watching myself on video and being so disappointed with myself because I was constantly moving around the place and laughing. I thought, 'I must be so much louder than I think I am. From inside it feels fine.'

In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.