I always knew I wanted to be an actor, certainly from the age of eight or nine. I think when you know what you want to do, you're very lucky because you've got a focus.

I've always been quite thrifty. I can't bear to spend hundreds of pounds on designer clothes. I shop in second-hand shops in Portobello Road and go to Sue Ryder.

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.

I take my hat off to mums who have lots of kids. Anyone that says being a mum isn't a full-time job has obviously never had any.

I just wanted to be an actress. It never occurred to me that I could become famous, because I'm not one of those people who's automatically going to be the lead. I always saw myself as the mate.

My husband is always telling me: 'We're on holiday - we don't need to have an itinerary!' But I always want to see as much as I can. Sometimes, I come back from holiday needing a holiday.

I've made this conscious decision to tell people on the street when I think they're wearing something great. If more people did that, the world would be a better place.

Nobody is more individual than you, so be confident with who you are and what you have to offer because everybody has got things to offer.

Americans are so direct. They'd ask me, 'What's your five-year plan? Do you have a five-year plan?' I don't know what I'm having for my tea tonight let alone a five-year plan.

I still giggle when someone asks for my address and I say, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

I've reached a point in my life where going to the supermarket is a day out.

Tell your testimony.

When you don't know a thing, learn. When you know the truth, teach.

She is a small woman with a face like a book mite

I see you exhausted by poisonous flies

Society prepares the crime the criminal commits it.

You are as old as God and as young as the morning.

Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

The minute we decide that one person doesn´t matter anymore, they´ve won.

For my Perfect Chemistry series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them.

I give this book 5 Stars and highly recommend it to all fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writers, aspiring writers, bloggers or journalists.