I suppose, I said, it is one definition of love, the belief in something that only the two of you can see.

I think a lot of artists no longer want to participate in or be associated with narrative because of its corruptedness in contemporary culture.

What I increasingly felt, in marriage and in motherhood, was that to live as a woman and to live as a feminist were two different and possibly irreconcilable things.

Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.

Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.

Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.

Every time I write a book, I've probably taken five years off my life.