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'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.

I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.

Bad impulse buys make you feel grim, don't they? It's like having consumer Tourette's. I gravitate towards austere foreign-language film DVDs when insecure.

I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.

A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.

I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.