At the age of 10, I had my first piece published in what was known as the 'Junior Post,' which was part of the 'Yorkshire Post,' and it was just for kids. I read it every week. And I got paid for it. So I thought... 'I can actually do this. I can get paid to write, and this is going to be fine.' I wrote several pieces for them.

We can't pretend that a Facebook friend is the same as a real friend you've shared times with together, both good times and difficult times.

I like to use exercise classes as a way of understanding what people are doing. I'm promiscuous in terms of exercise. You see what people are wearing. You see what people are responding to. You see what the music is they're listening to. An exercise class is social anthropology: what clothes people are wearing, what are the new sneakers.

I was precocious, so I began reading 'Cosmo' when I was 12.

The thing that I always try and say to young people starting out is your peer group is really the most important influence on your life because you are going to rise and fall together.