I look about my house and see there are lots of lovely things in it, but I constantly buy more.
My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world.
My mother had breast cancer when she was 39.
If you feel that your father was lacking as a husband, it affects your own choice of man.
My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.
Getting married young was the worst experience of my life. It was horrible - really horrible.
If you have a calling, you need to let it find you.
For a very long time, I thought everyone I met through the process of getting an agent and a publishing deal had made a mistake. When they agreed to pay me for the book, I thought they would ask me for the money back.
