I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.

I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who.

Don't ask me who my favourite monster was because I'm sick of saying Tom Baker.

Why do more than 40 percent of Americans think that the Universe began after the domestication of the dog?

We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf.

I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.

I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.

Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.

She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.

That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence

All of my books come from something that I happen to be working out at a given point in my life. Its kind of self-therapy.

What did I hope for, what did I expect, what rich future did I foresee, when the phantom of my first love, rising up for an instant, barely called forth one sigh, one mournful sentiment?

Money cannot fill an empty soul.

Life isn't nearly as sacred as the appreciation of passion.

We petitioned to get access to film [Suffragette] at the Houses of Parliament and we whooped with joy when we were allowed in, as this is the first ever commercial film to shoot there.

Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.

A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.

He pulls me over the railing and against his chest, gathering me into his arms, easing an arm under my knees. I press my face into his shoulder, and there is a sudden, hollow silence.