We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they’re good or there because they’re lucky.
I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
