I Am Always Surprised When People Read

I'm Not Someone Who's Endlessly Patient And Wonderful.

Sometimes It's Good Just To Be Seduced By The Particular Cheeses Spread Out In Front Of You On A Cheese Counter.

It's True That I Wouldn't Have Written The First Book Had My Sister And Mother Been Alive. It Was My Way Of Continuing Our Conversation. It's Also This Jewish Thing Of Naming And Remembering People, And I Think There Is A Sense Of Keeping That Side Of Life Going.

I Took A Fortnight Off. But I'm Not A Great Believer In Breaks. I Don't Want To Be Rattling Around Inside My Own Head. I Did Feel I Was Spiralling Into A Kathy Burke Character And Tried Going Out, But I Prefer It Here. Filming Keeps Me Busy. It Absorbs Me.

I Was Brought Up An Atheist And Have Always Remained So. But At No Time Was I Led To Believe That Morality Was Unimportant Or That Good And Bad Did Not Exist. I Believe Passionately In The Need To Distinguish Between Right And Wrong And Am Somewhat Confounded By Being Told I Need God, Jesus Or A Clergyman To Help Me To Do So.