Tracey Ullman

As I get older, I just prefer to knit.

I hate clowns.

I'm as famous as I want to be.

For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.