I'm A Would-be Rebel. The Good Girl

A Woman With Knowledge Is Something That Frightens The Status Quo Quite A Lot.

The Important Thing Is To Bring People With Parkinson's Into Our World And For The Public To Have A Real Understanding Of It, As They've Beginning To Have With Autism.

I Couldn't Handle The Rules The Queen Has To Live By At All, And Very Few Of Us Could. It's A Golden Cage, Really. You're Never Alone In That Role - You Are Always Surrounded By Security.

I've Not Won Different Awards - Many, Many Times - So Luckily I've Practiced That Whenever You Are Nominated For Anything, You Enter Into This Marvelous, Fantabulous Bubble Called The Bubble Of Nomination. The Minute The Envelope Is Opened And Your Name Isn't Called Out, The Bubble Bursts. And No One Calls You Up The Next Day To Say, 'so Sorry You Didn't Win,' Or 'you Looked Gorgeous - Nothing. If You Win, You Get About Another 24 Hours In That Lovely Bubble And Then - Pop - You Are Slightly Wet All Over From The Bubble And Realize That You Have To Get On With Real Life.

There Is That Awful Moment When You Realize That You're Falling In Love. That Should Be The Most Joyful Moment, And Actually It's Not. It's Always A Moment That's Full Of Fear Because You Know, As Night Follows Day, The Joy Is Going To Rapidly Be Followed By Some Pain Or Other. All The Angst Of A Relationship.