Lynn Coady

When you're not sure your anger is justified, the thing to do is ask yourself exactly where it's coming from.

No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.

You can catch a scent in the wind - an idea, or a concept - and follow it. You can delve into your subconscious and see what happens, in a way you just can't when you're writing a novel.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.