I've always worked out, but running pushed bits of me harder than anything else I had ever done.
— Jane Fallon
There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.
I'm such a solitary person that working on my own is perfect for me.
I hope I never become that person who is all about getting Botox.
I'm turning into one of those people who writes to the actors on 'Coronation Street' - a really obsessive fan.
I've got a really good group of friends. I don't feel the need to go out and forge new bonds.
Grandchildren are the Furbies of the offspring world. They're cute, they're funny, you can play with them and then put them away when they start to get on your nerves.
I've never regretted not having kids.
I have always had a bee in my bonnet about being seen to do things for myself.
As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.
People always say, 'My family is so normal,' and when you poke into them, they never are.
I love L.A. for a couple of days - I like the healthy food - but it's a one-industry town.
I like to dance and throw things around as I cook.
I tend to make snap judgements about people.
You come across those real, genuine friendships so rarely in your life and they are so precious, you know the people who really have your back, who love you unconditionally and aren't your family. You don't stumble across those people very often.
I am too much of a worrier. I'm the person who thinks about calling round all the hospitals when someone is five minutes later than they said they would be.
I think it makes you a good listener about other people's relationships when you haven't got that much to say about your own.
I've always been very clear: I never want to be known just as somebody's girlfriend.
My dad used to cut out newspaper ads and post them to me in the hope I'd get a proper job.
Everyone has bits of dysfunction in their families, but I actually have a very nice, happy one.
If you spend too much time in L.A., you might start to lose a sense of what's normal.
I don't know one end of a car from another.
Luckily my own life is uncomplicated, which lets me really enjoy other people's complicated messes!
You just don't come across proper, deep, loyal friendships very easily later on in life.
I was never one of those little girls who played with baby dolls and picked names for her firstborn. I was playing in the mud with my dog, doing backflips, and climbing trees.
I've never wanted a baby. I've always wanted a cat.
