Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?

There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.

If you can't be honest with your friends and colleagues and loved ones, then what is life all about?

If I behave as though this is a completely normal situation, then maybe it will be.

You're so narrow-minded! You live in the same village you grew up in, you run the family business, you're buying a nursery down the road... you're practically still in the womb. So before you lecture me on the way to live my life, try living one of your own, OK?

Don't beat yourself up for not knowing the answers. You don't always have to know who you are. You don't have to have the big picture, or know where you're heading. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what you're going to do next.

If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.