I guess I define myself as a mother, a wife, kind of a nutty person. A good person.

Sometimes, the experiences that tell you what you don't want to do are as important as those that tell you what you do want to do.

Do everything to the best of your ability.

Honestly, Im living my fantasy. Its being with my family, preferably on a snowy afternoon with a fire going, cuddled up in blankets, playing a game.

I eat smart - I do think that's the sort of thing that will eventually show up in the condition of your skin, your hair, and your nails, and your own feeling about yourself.

All experience is good experience.

I like a little chaos. I think that's really true for my inner Buddha. I think I like a little nutsy. Maybe I can't take total peace.

I am professional. Hardworking. Committed. Loyal. Also sentimental. But I had changed a little over the years. There was a bit of a heaviness to my soul because of the intensity of my job.

My family fulfills me.

I find a lot of comfort and peace just being outdoors. Whether on a beach or on a path near our house, I would walk for an hour or two, just alone with my own head to think things through.

I like to live in the present. I struggle with that, though, because - even for all of this "letting your life flow" stuff - I also have anxieties.

I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.

There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.

For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

But I've consistently worked for 10 years.

I'd rather have an inch of a dog than miles of pedigree.

There is only eternity. That's our real body. The stars are our blanket. Time doesn't even exist, except in our own minds.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

The best point of my novels, I think, is their humor. I want to keep many my works humorous.

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

Who wakes up when they're worth £120million and says, 'I'm unhappy today but if only I had an extra £2million!'