I'm a very private person.

I love spring flowers: daffodils and hyacinths are the ultimate flower for me. They are the essence of spring.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.

I love animals and feel very strongly that people should not be allowed to buy a pet if they are not able to look after it.

I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate.

Being busy with work, and as a mum, I'm a big fan of online shopping.

My idea of a good night has always been having a lovely meal and a proper conversation.

I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered.

I don't waste money on smart, expensive clothes.

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.

I cannot forgive you. That day, if you had not refused, I would have given you a present. I would have carved my love in stone.

In general, it should be noted, biblical law is evolutionary, not revolutionary...

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

A check on itself, evil subserves the economies of good, as it were a condiment to give relish to good.

You have to hold your audience in writing to the very end-much more than in talking, when people have to be polite and listen to you.

I keep a guitar around while writing and will improvise music. I do this for several reasons, such as that it's fun, and sometimes it helps me with the meter.

Your Day Is Your Life

If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.

My mother thought of my father as half barbarian and half blunt instrument, and she isolated him from his children.