I have a voice inside. A voice that I am forever trying to silence. A voice that calls me in when I want to be out, playing. A voice that is always sad. That is always terrified. That always wants to sit in the darkened room, away from noise and movement and colour - away from any experience that could prove to be challenging.

Sue Perkins

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I think the fact that I am gay is about the 47th most interesting... by Sue Perkins

I think the fact that I am gay is about the 47th most interesting thing about me.

gay interesting thinking

I always want to have fun and be silly and be childish. I'm very childish. I am at my happiest when I am a child and I am just playing.

childish have-fun i-am child

I have come to understand that my hatred of the gym was based on fear and prejudice, a tribal resistance to science, to improvement. But to ignore my aging physicality and not try and become the strongest and fittest I can be is curmudgeonly at best and wilfully ignorant at worst.

best gym fear science

Long hair doesn't look good on me because my hair is fine. by Sue Perkins

Long hair doesn't look good on me because my hair is fine.

good look me long

I'm a passionate person; there's a lot going on underneath my carousel of blazers: a cauldron of sensitivity and emotion.

going person passionate emotion

It's so hard to do the right thing with a pen and a piece of pape... by Sue Perkins

It's so hard to do the right thing with a pen and a piece of paper and a set of abstract thoughts.

do-the-right-thing pen thoughts hard

The great thing about ageing is that your eyesight deteriorates at the same rate as your face. So I can't see how bad things are getting.

face your bad great

The only time I am not talking is when I am dancing. I look like... by Sue Perkins

The only time I am not talking is when I am dancing. I look like an electrocuted octopus.

i-am look not-talking time

I have slight attention-span issues, so I will often wander off, and then I will be alerted - in inverted commas - when the smoke alarm goes off. So that's how I work out if a bake is finished.

will smoke wander work

Being a lesbian is only about the 47th most interesting thing abo... by Sue Perkins

Being a lesbian is only about the 47th most interesting thing about me.

only being me interesting

I love watching birds of prey and stags. by Sue Perkins

I love watching birds of prey and stags.

birds watching prey love

In Hebrew, the name Susan means 'graceful lily' - in Khmer, it means 'girl with the bad puns,' and in ancient Aztec, it translates as 'she with the cockerel hair and dirty glasses.'

name glasses girl hair

I had an operation on my cornea when I was little, and remember being deeply enamoured with the team who looked after me.

being me team remember

I don't think anyone can listen to a Smiths song and not scream your lungs out in recognition of what it's like to feel odd.

your feel think song

It's always a treat for me to go to the British Library. by Sue Perkins

It's always a treat for me to go to the British Library.

treat go me library

'Bleak House' remains a great novel for me, and I love 'David Cop... by Sue Perkins

'Bleak House' remains a great novel for me, and I love 'David Copperfield.'

great me house love

I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dic... by Sue Perkins

I read a lot when I was at college, but really, only a few of Dickens's books work for me.

only me college work

I was an international krumper at one time. I can't talk about it, really, because when you've lived for krump like I have, when you get a bit older and you move away from it, it's hard.

talk you hard time

I'd love to see Kate Bush, full stop. by Sue Perkins

I'd love to see Kate Bush, full stop.

full stop see love

I'd really like to see Mary Berry busting out a Pitbull number! by Sue Perkins

I'd really like to see Mary Berry busting out a Pitbull number!

really out see like