You Need A Balance In Life Between

People Who Have Fabulous Childhoods Have This Sense That Nothing Is Ever Going To Be That Good Again. With Me, I Have The Sense That Nothing Is Going To Be That Bad.

There Is Something Wrong About Being Photographed That Has Nothing To Do With Vanity.

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 A Quiet Teenager, Introverted, Full Of Angst.