If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far at being equal.

It is horrid to smirk.

When someone loves you it's like having a blanket all round your heart.

It occurred to me that if Africa needed us, sometimes we needed Africa a great deal more.

I like you very much. Just as you are.

It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.

Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss

One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.

No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you.

Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents and being treated as freaks by society.

It's rather fun writing a female spy, because she has so much more kit. Bond never carried a hair dryer or a makeup bag. And he certainly didn't wear an uplift bra.

When we connect to Creator, our sacred character develops.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

You can either practice being right or practice being kind.

He made me love him without looking at me.

A person has to show some spirit -- fate just about never shines on chickenshits.

If your values are not related to the Earth or realistic, you'll believe in things that aren't so, which will hurt you in the long run, and as a species, too.

I don't want to grow up,' Tom Waits said it. I live it. I put myself in a position to be a kid as long as I want to. I play loud music and scream for a living.

When it comes to making commitments to other people, sometimes one of the hardest things to learn to say is no when we mean no.

Trust and reputation are not discretionary. They are as necessary in business as the people in whom they reside.

I never regret my past... Only time I wasted was on the wrong people.