I was very obsessed. I mean, I could tell you the fat content and the calorie content in absolutely anything.

Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.

When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.

I can't concentrate in flats.

WHETHER YOU'VE GOT $20 TO SPEND IN TOPSHOP OR $2.000 TO SPEND AT GUCCI, LOOKING GOOD ISN'T ABOUT MONEY. IT’S ABOUT STYLE, AND STYLE NEVER GOES OUT OF FASHION

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

Red is a strong, happy, optimistic color, and I like having fun with it, you know? Like, when colors clash - I love that strangeness.

If in doubt, anything looks good with a white shirt.

I want my kids to have a good work ethic. I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.

Love is when you have not been home for three months and call up home and your daughter picks up the phone and says "Papa, I love you!

I have seen flowers come in stony placesAnd kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

Ye have no need to fight, stand ye still and see the salvation of the Lord.

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts.

News is like food: it is the cooking and serving that makes it acceptable, not the material itself.

I think there is a total equality for me between painting a literary figure or Kate Moss or my Mum or a dog or a bird. To me, they are all absolutely equal.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak