Once you get labelled, people expect you to behave within the very narrow confines of that label.

I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.

I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.

I think it's difficult, if you're a quite private person like I am, to write about your life very intimately.

You don't really see ugly people that are old, or a bit grotty and smelly, in the media. If a Martian came down, they would think we were all tall, thin, attractive and wealthy.

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.