Once You Get Labelled, People Expect You

I Have Seen Good Nurses And Bad Nurses. They Existed Along A Continuum: From Hard-working, Kind And Competent People, To Office-hugging, Bone-idle Types, To Apathetic, Disengaged Automatons.

When You Cry, You Don't Look Very Attractive; You Look Snotty And Blotchy. People Seem To Manage To Cry Quite Prettily These Days, And To Me, That Smacks Of Not Being Very Genuine.

I Think It's So Easy When You Have Children Just To Turn Your Focus Inward On Your Family And Because, When They're Young, You Don't Sleep Very Much, You're Walking Around Like A Zombie Most Of The Time Anyway. It's A Really Important Part Of My Life To Have Good Friends, You Have To Work Quite Hard To Keep The Relationships Going But It's Worth It.

People Say You Should Read Your Criticism Because It Will Make You A Better Person But It Doesn't. It Just Makes You A Sad Bitter Old Showbiz Nightmare.

I Wasn't One Of Those Hideous Children Who Make Their Parents Sit Through Hour-long Performances When You're Seven. I Didn't Do Anything Like That Thankfully.