I've always been the girl who can't sit on her hands. If there's a pink elephant in the room, I'll identify it and say it.

Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started.

I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.