If you look good, you feel good!

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.

I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm asked to describe what I do, I say I write romantic comedies, cause that's what I feel they are. But I'm quite pragmatic.

We're all confused, Samantha. We all need more time to think. That's life. Get over it.

Emma, your granddad’s on the line,” says Artemis, putting her hand over the receiver. “Something about the night bus and he’ll never trust you again?

My life has changed, and I'm changing with it.

Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in charge of the world.