Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.

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.

Every time I start a new piece of work, I spend a long while under the duvet thinking I can't do it.

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.

It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people. We know the world is rotten and that chins are ruined by spots.

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.