I've always liked women who are older. They seem to know who they are, and they've lived. They've got soul, and that's very attractive.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

The unknown is always frightening.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him.

What is it that would make a creature as fierce, majestic and powerful as a lion is, subject itself to the intimidation of a man a whip and a chair? The lion has been taught to forget what it is.

There are no gods, only men.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties.

I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.

Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)

I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?

Man is designed to be a comprehensivist .

Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.