I am from the working class. I am now what I was then. No amount of balsamic vinegar and Prada handbags could make me forget what it was like to be poor.

I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring things, but I am quite decided.

I think we take it for granted that if you are with your husband after 30 years, then he is the love of your life.

Adrian Mole's father was so angry that so many pepole got divorced nowadays. HE had been unhappilly married for 30 years, why should everybody else get away?

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.

The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.