I wanted to do something creatively, having been a beached whale for many months and nursing my daughter.

My father is convinced that if I hadn't been a minister's daughter, I wouldn't have anything to write about,

I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.

Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred.

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.

The fact that religion plays such a part in how people vote troubles me, troubles me as a minister's daughter. Because I always felt that the separation of church and state was what our forefathers and foremothers really fought for.