After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

What I have always liked about Brighton is its impersonality. Since the 18th century, people have come, used the place and gone home again.

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

You buy a new iPhone, a few months later, another new iPhone comes out, and you get online to buy another one. You can't get enough. You are addicted to Apple.

This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story.

Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee.