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It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.
I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.
Independence is fun, especially when there's a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate... →
It's a very rich brew that's in your psyche by the time you're in your 60s, and I think that's rather interesting. It makes you feel... →
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much of partners. We... →
One sees more and more people who are miserable and demented and you feel it would be both kind and wise to leave them a few pills.
You need to know the characters as living, breathing people before you start the plot; otherwise, you'll feel panic, anarchy and chaos.
I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine with carrots, sundried tomato paste... →
I have a hippopotamus skull next to my bed, called Gregory. When I was six, my three sisters and I clubbed together and paid £4 for it in a... →
I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of xxx's.
I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We're living longer and expecting more from life; the success of... →
Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the hopelessness of even... →
Once you start cycling, the city opens up for you. No longer are you fighting it, hot and frustrated; no longer are you at the mercy of bus drivers... →