I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

A Superwoman isn't a woman who can do anything, but a woman who avoids doing too much.

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness.

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.

You're never too old to grow up.

Conran's Law of Housework - it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour.

First things first, second things never.

You have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

Pregnancy is a natural event, but you lessen the chances conception can occur with an unnatural diet.

Let all thy joys be as the month of May.

I believe we were created for ecstasy. And redeemed for it, at considerable cost. Certain vagrant moments are, moreover, clues to the narrative structure and texture of things.

You may never know when things start to go bad, but when things are worse you know it.

There's nothing New York likes more than a thing. Or a place. Or a place that's a thing. Or a thing that happens to be a place.

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.

You see the world much better through a camera.

Surround yourself with people who are really good and really passionate about what they do regardless of what it is...positivity and passion make a powerful combination.

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.