When I was young, I had idols that I thought were wonderful. I wanted to be just like them.

I think it does surprise me a bit when people have a very fixed idea of what I'm like, based upon the work that I do, which is something that is very separate.

I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I'm concerned with.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

Ive always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.

In the past members of my family on both my mother's and father's side have fought in the war, in the first and second World Wars. Unfortunately, they're dead and I wasn't able to speak to them, but that was in our family history too.

I enjoy looking like a tart and thinking like a politician.