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I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.

I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.

Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?

Everyone seems agreed that writing about sex is perilous, partly because it threatens to swamp highly individualised characters in a generic, featureless activity (much like coffee-cup dialogue, during which everyone sounds the same), and partly because it feels... tacky.

I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.

I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.

I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either.

There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality.