I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.

In the end, I want to spend my 60s writing bonkbusters like Jilly Cooper.

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.