Esther Rantzen, like me, is an egomaniac of the highest order.

Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.

Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.

Far too many women are hesitant, and remain trapped in jobs for which they are over-qualified or paid beneath their worth.

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

I hate reality shows like Big Brother and I'm A Celebrity. I'd rather watch a goldfish bowl.

Blogs are for anoraks who couldn’t get published any other way.

I must be the only person of my age who doesn't have a bloody gong. They are so common in show business.

Television reflects our society in a more accurate way than at any time in the past.

These are hard memories, and I will save the rest of the story for another time.

Statements make sense for somebody who needs advice. I’m not giving advice. I don’t instruct. At my best, I delight. That’s my job.

Sometimes people walk into plays by accident - they don't even know what they're looking at they just think to give it a chance. That can be the beginning of a long friendship.

At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science.

I was always annoyed by too much explaining.

Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

Now the writing in the head, I definitely do every day, thinking about how I want to phrase something or how I'd like to rephrase something I've already written.