I think all those rules are boring. About what people can and can't wear. Surely everyone should be able to wear whatever they like?

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.

All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.

I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.

I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.

I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

A comfortable and easy life leaves no room for growth. We must therefore embrace our hardships and the lessons they bring.

Books make such good friends and quiet neighbors.

You are charismatic. Men are drawn to you. I am drawn to you. And by your size, let alone your skill with weapons, they will be in awe of you.

Let those who love me follow me'Cora Pearl, on being the very first person to dye her hair red in 1864

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.

The person who looks at a photograph as a complete picture, unable to say anything about anything except the facts which existed at the moment of exposure, does not see very far.

We must always think about death, because death always thinks about us!

You're always going to need those folks that introduce certain things to the next generation and I fit in that sense.

Sadness can find you anywhere, anytime, so you better have fun when you can.

For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.