No, I Can Never Rely On Tim

Journalists Are Always Calling My Features Edwardian Or Victorian, Whatever That Means. I Am Small, And People Were Smaller In Those Times. I'm Pale And Sickly-looking. I Look Fragile-like A Doll. But Sometimes I Just Wish I Had Less Of A Particular Look, One That Was More Versatile.

When You Write For Very Young Children What They Want Is Something Familiar And Safe And Stereotyped.

You Just Have To Do What Suits You, And It Doesn't Matter If You Don't Look Like Everybody Else. Be You. That's Our Gift And We've Got To Celebrate That.

I Loved Doing All Those Costume Dramas. I Didn't Think, 'ooh I've Got To Avoid Being Typecast' - You Can't Ever Be Dictated To By What Other People Think. I Just Do Things Because I Fancy The Parts And The Directors.

I Think Smells, Like Sounds, Can Be So Much Immediately Affecting.