If you get 10,000 guys to put their ideal woman into a computer, it still comes out looking like Angelina Jolie.

When I got pregnant with my first child I gained nearly 5st. I did a bit of pretending: "I'm just really small, so I just put on a lot of weight when I'm pregnant." That is true, but I also ate a lot of cake.

When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.

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

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.

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.