Also, I think having a musicality about me, that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.

The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.

A life without glitter is no life at all.

Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.

Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.

I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated

We're all really happy with what's familiar. But what's inevitable in life is change. That's what life is.

My life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.

I really believe in a oneness. So if I'm looking at somebody else, it's not in a narcissistic way, but you're kind of seeing yourself.

I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries.

I Became a free woman when I decided to stop dreaming, freedom that is waiting for nothing .. and anticipation is a state of slavery

I'm married, which means that instead of occasionally wondering about men from afar, I actually live with one and can be constantly astounded by the strange male brain.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels.

You’re entering a world of pain.

Among the classic tastes: bread sauce, Nuits St Georges Les Perdrix 1962, Worcestershire sauce, Toblerone and Bovril.

Well, I know that George Lucas doesn't like it at all. When I was working on The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, he told me that he would be happy if every copy could be tracked down and smashed.

If you do something and it saves your life, it was good taijutsu. In a real fight, you aren't worried about what's pretty.

Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.

Sometimes, the best answer is a more interesting question.