“Live with all of your senses.” — Sue Townsend

I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.

Watching 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' is my guilty pleasure.

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.