Pam Ferris

Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.

I think fractures in your childhood make you observe the world more as an outsider. Possibly it pushes you outside.

My dad died when he was 60. I was only 17 and I think, psychologically, that had a huge impact on me, probably more than I realised.

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.