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I Love Writing Journalism Because It's All Over In Two Hours And Comes Straight Off The Top Of The Head. Writing Novels Is Soooooo Much Harder. It's The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done.

I Do Not Think That Having Children - I Have Three Teenagers - Keeps You Young. The Reverse. It Thrusts You Into A Full-frontal Confrontation With Your Own All-too-obvious Maturity.

English People Are Famous For Never Speaking Out But Only Saying What They Really Feel About You Behind Your Back. Americans Believe The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line. I Like Exploring Those, Er, Differences In National Snippiness.

I Think Everyone Can Recognize The One-upmanship And The Competition That Go On Wherever You Are, Especially Among Groups Where The Women Don't Have To Hold Down Office Jobs And Instead Get In A Total Snit About Who Won The Longest Carrot Contest Or Took First Prize For Summer Chutney In The August Fete.

Being Blonde, For Me, Means Never Having To Say: 'i'll Have The Honey-striped Half-head Of Highlights For £200,' To A Bored Colourist In A Mayfair Salon, Which Is Much More Satisfying, Not To Mention Cheap.