I'm SO glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely..

I think loads of women have this idea that their life is going to start at some point, once they've busted all these problems of being a woman, once ….

Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about..

I wish I could learn that just three drinks is enough, but I have not learned that..

In the end I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper..

I think it's a really important thing for women to be able to just put their hands up and go, I can't actually do any more..

If you come from a working-class background, you can't afford to write full time, because you're just not being paid. Basically, all my arguments com….

When you've got a mother who's given birth to eight children, you know, often without any kind of medical intervention - just she gave birth to one o….

You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening. When women find the r….

Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage..

I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays..

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. ….

For throughout history, you can read the stories of women who - against all the odds - got being a woman right, but ended up being compromised, unhap….

When I hear women talking about how their wedding is going to be/was the best day of their life, I can’t help but think, You just haven’t taken enoug….