I was brought up very conservatively. My father was positively Victorian - I wasn't even allowed to wear my hair down.

The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.

I would make a poor vegetarian because I adore meat.

I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was stunned.

I'm very organised these days, and I keep my life in my handbag, like most women.

I am as far from a hypochondriac as you could ever be.

I met Peter Sellers when I was 21 and we got married ten days later. He was not right mentally, but I hung in there for four years before I left.

I spend hours mowing the lawn in absolutely straight lines on my tractor. If it's not right, I do it again.

I am good at down grading - I have found I can live the same lifestyle in a two-bedroom apartment as in a five-bedroom house.

I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.

I say I don't sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I don't sleep with happily married men.

I just want to die knowing that I’ve made a difference in the world... or at least a difference to someone, no matter how small the difference.

To pray is to praise.

Depressed people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money.

It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

The objective is not to "make your links appear natural"; the objective is that your links are natural.

If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.

Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.