You can't lay down laws for what people think and hope.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.

I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.

If I see Marian Keyes' books or Patricia Scanlan's books given more prominence than mine in the bookstore, I'll move mine to the front. I've told them I do this, and they've confessed to doing the same thing to me.

You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

When my sister Joan arrived, I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvellous friend she's been, I'm so glad my parents didn't take me at my word.