The Conservatives don't need more women. They need women like Karren Brady.

I want my girls to grow up learning that it is important their mum worked like a man.

I've said in the past that if I were Prime Minister, I would ban obesity.

Remembering servicemen and women who lost their lives for their country is not about you. It is not about your rights or what you believe in. It is about respect.

The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television.

I fear becoming formulaic. Some of my books are.

I used to act in plays when I was in school and college, but you cannot say that I was passionate about acting. I was only interested in being a part of the group, and the group was passionate about filmmaking.

I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.