I was looking for something to make me happy, and once I realised what I actually had, then I found success.

If you haven't got love, you've got nothing.

I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.

You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.

I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away.

I can't watch my first audition because it makes me too upset. I just think it is really sad. I look at myself and don't recognize myself. I do think fame and fortune changes people.

I like to write poetry.

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

If you are not happy with the song, don't sing it. Simple as that - no-one forces you to do it.

I'd definitely like more kids when I'm older. And I think I'm like every woman in that I'd like to get married one day.

Of two evils choose the less.

I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.

Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter.

When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive.

How many mistakes can one life survive?

I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look.

When grace happens, generosity happens. Unsquashable, eyepopping bigheartedness happens.

I will be silent and will hear what God will say in me...If God wishes to speak to me, let him enter. I will not go out.

Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds are evil or who enjoy fighting are defeated without a fight.