Sometimes, when I can't get to sleep, I imagine all the rules I'd invent if I ever got to be in charge of the world.

She says screens are the cigarettes of our age. They're toxic, and we're only going to realize the damage they're doing when it's too late.

I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm asked to describe what I do, I say I write romantic comedies, cause that's what I feel they are. But I'm quite pragmatic.

I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.

It really is the year 2007. Which means I must be...

Oh my God. I'm twenty-eight.

I'm old.

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.