For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter.

Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.

The person I have admired the most in comedy terms would be Eric Morecambe, who is my total hero.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.

Any people whose lives are about the way they look, whether it's fat or thin, are in a dangerous area.

I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Shared beliefs and values form the heart of every successful relationship and ultimately determine its success.

I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.

Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them.

It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.

The real beauty of the time we're living through is that we can deploy our self-image in ways that can have radical social implications.

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.

An artist is a person who lives in the triangle which remains after the angle which we may call common sense has been removed from this four-cornered world.

The best writing has no lace on its sleeves.