“All my life, I feel like I'm a competition winner. Like - how did I en...” — Nicola Coughlan Quote

“All my life, I feel like I'm a competition winner. Like - how did I end up here?”

“I always use the same comparison: Ian McKellen isn't a wizard. I'm not a 19-year-old aristocrat from the 19th century. It's all made up.”

“Romance is the most read genre of fiction in the world - but people always undermine it.”

“When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me.”

“I was very lucky to have a father who read to us when we were children. And he didn't just read books - he brought them alive. We couldn't wait for the next chapter. So my love of reading started early and has stayed with me all my life.”

“I'm from a working-class background - I had free school meals all my life and then spent six years in art school.”