I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of drafts. My big thing is I don't re-read. When I write, I never re-read back. I'll send it, because if I re-read back, it will cripple me.

I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.

My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.

Chaos is my natural habitat. I write about chaotic situations and about people finding their way through the chaos, the hope that you can find your way.

To be honest, if I was going to have any kind of fantasy, be it left-wing or otherwise, it wouldn't involve Margaret Thatcher.

I'm a cheap date.

I like bowling with my kids at Shoreditch House.

I love the South Bank: every era of architecture is there, and you can stop, look, and listen.

I wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing a catwalk show, all the actors wore the clothes and performed a 20-minute play.

I'm quite interested in doing a film about fashion. As someone with no fashion taste whatsoever, I think it would be good for me.