When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety.

Im lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer theres ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.

Shakespeare I love, but for an English graduate, I'm incredibly badly read.

When people say, 'If I had my life over again I wouldn't do anything different,' well, I'd do everything differently just for the variety.

We'll be back. I promise you that.

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone.

Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.