I dont have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar.

I've got a great relationship with my dad, but I can imagine how annoying it would be if I had to move back into his house.

The siblings of special needs children are quite special. Absolutely accepting and totally loving, from birth, someone who is different mentally, and has a different way of seeing the world, is a wonderful trait. It's a trait I wish there was another way of getting, but there isn't. And it does involve a degree of not having it fantastically easy.

I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.

People have really strong images of what church is, and it's almost certainly not the same as mine.

My blood runs cold when I hear the 'great news' that we have found a marker for the Down's syndrome gene, which means we can identify it more easily. Why is that good news? It's only good news if you're going to terminate.

When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.