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

I asked Mr. Vann which O levels you need to write situation comedy for television. Mr. Vann said that you don't need qualifications at all, you just need to be a moron.

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane.

I married two weeks after my 18th birthday, far too young, and by the time I was 23 I was a single mother of three small children, Sean, Daniel and Victoria, living in a prefab house.

She liked people. Me, I can take them or leave them, but mostly leave them.

I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

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