I'd live in Glasgow if I could. I can't praise it enough; it's the nicest place I have ever worked and I've worked in a lot of nice places.

My mum certainly isn't a prude, nor is my brother, so I think I'm lucky to have a family like that.

I'm not religious. I would say I'm more spiritual than religious.

I think you should aim for the stars - and hopefully avoid ending up in the clouds!

If I could have any power, I think flying would definitely be up there! Along with speaking every language.

Do you ever get a panicky feeling that nobody cares if you live or die? (A husband will often care decisively, one way or another.)

I sing around the house, in the shower

I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together.

The mind is "ashamed" of the blood. And the blood is destroyed by the mind, actually. Hence palefaces.

You cannot bore people into buying your product - you can only interest them in buying it.

[Children should contribute] to a family's essential survival and happiness. [In] an urban society, children are ... robbed of the opportunity to do genuinely responsible work.

This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film when I'm editing.

Fred Trueman the man has often been tactless, haphazard, crude, a creature of impulse.

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

The Federal Reserve is answerable to no one.