Of One Thing There Is No Doubt:

I Talk To Bankers, Distributors, Marketing People. I Used To Sit At Home In My Tracksuit Bottoms, And The Real Excitement Of My Day Would Be Going Out To Get A Copy Of Private Eye And A Latte.

I Went Freelance In 1996 And My Children Are Now Teenagers And It Seemed Right.

I Love Writing Journalism Because It's All Over In Two Hours And Comes Straight Off The Top Of The Head. Writing Novels Is Soooooo Much Harder. It's The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done.

I Want 'the Lady' Magazine To Be Restored To Its Traditional Place In The Pantheon Of Weekly Magazines.

The Reason We All Need A Mutton Alert, Which Needs Constant Testing, Like Smoke Alarms, Is Because There Is Really No Such Thing As Age-appropriate Dressing Any Longer, As I Know Because My Wardrobe Is Interchangeable With My Daughter's.