"Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe."

"God forbid that women have fantasies."

"I value my anonymity. I'm happy to come in on the tube or the train and watch other people reading 'Fifty Shades.'"

"I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing."

"What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don't want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared."

"I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life - or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations."

"When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in."

"Success is dependent on effort."