I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, 'I'm going to ace this.' It's just not who I am.

I've never been a cocky individual, but I am very confident.

I'm not going to do opinion. That's not who I am.

I've always been big. I'm never going to be an underwear model. But I am who I am, and that has its advantages and disadvantages.

By my mid-30s, I just thought, 'This is not going to happen. I am never going to become an astronaut in the U.K.'

I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.