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" I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am. "

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" I've often said the most difficult things I have to say to people through humour. I can very quickly put someone in their place with it. But we all walk away unscathed because there's been some funnies around it, and I'll usually make sure that it comes back at me. "

" Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it. "

" My best friend is the most important girl, outside of family, to me. I met her when I went to college and we bonded immediately. I'd do anything for her at any time. We phone each other every day. "

" Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence. "

" I am a kid in the dressing-up box at heart. "

" I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable. "

" It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life. "

" I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first. "

" Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about? "

" Why would anyone want to be called a size zero or even aspire to being a zero? I don't even understand the thinking behind it, let alone the practicalities. What is all that about? "

" Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it. "

" I'm known among my friends for saying things I probably shouldn't sometimes, but I have to get things out in the air. "

" Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise? "

" When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy. "

" I'm constantly astounded by how amazing women are. And as we go through all these different stages of life as long as you share them with others and say, 'Well, this is bloody weird', you can get through everything. "

" That's the weird thing about not being married - you can't get regular kissing; you can't be guaranteed of it, and that's a great shame. "

" Theatre outings are my favourite thing to spend money on. The most influential play I saw was 'Bent,' which starred Ian McKellen. And I loved the original performance of 'The Rocky Horror Show,' with Richard O'Brien and Tim Curry at the Royal Court, when I was about 15. "

" It was fantastic to work in Cornwall partly because my family live there so I was able to do lots of visiting and eat lots of cake. They live all over Cornwall and all over Devon. "

" I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am. "

" The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero. "

" The theatre is one of those muscles - if you don't exercise it, it becomes a strange and truly fearful place. "

" Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do. "

" Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that. "

" I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure. "

" I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter. "

" I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person. "

" I haven't really ever had to audition for anything. "

" I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that. "

" I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we? "