“All Bridget Jones did was give us a word for it - singleton - which was the worst possible thing.”

“Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.”

“Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.”

“I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'”

“If I were to say you are crazy, what part of that would you find unacceptable?”

“It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.”

“My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'”

“Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.”

“Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.”