Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.

Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.

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.'

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.

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.

My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a paperback in four journeys. After supper, we all sat down to read - it was long before TV, remember!

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.'