It's a bit startling to achieve global recognition before the age of 30, on account of your sister, brother in law and your bottom.

From breathing techniques, muscle toning to overall flexibility and relaxation, my Pilates sessions have become something of a weekly necessity that keeps me fit, happy and energized.

There is no real need for decorations when throwing a barbecue party - let the summer garden, in all its vibrant and luscious splendour, speak for itself.

What is it with this American booty culture? It seems to me to be a form of obsession.

Entertaining on any scale can be stressful and daunting.

Turkeys are perfect for feeding larger gatherings.

I have finally perfected my signature. It took hours of practicing I decided early on just to write Pippa, not Middleton.

A batsman goes out and is then in until he gets out. This goes on until the last batsman is out, apart from one who is still in and therefore not out.

Why not collect and clean chicken wishbones in the run-up to Christmas, spray them silver and use each to pinch together a white hem-stitch napkin?

When hosting a party, move any clutter from the space where you're entertaining.

I can assure you that it feels even stranger to me than it probably does to you to have seen so much written about me when I have done so little to paint a picture of myself.

You are not what you are

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.

Well, I don't know that I'm OK any more than anybody else is OK but I've led at least a happy life and a very full one.

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

If your children see that you are seeking, they will seek-the finding part is up to God.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.

People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.

It is one of the basic tenets of fascist leadership to keep primary libidinal energy on an unconscious level so as to divert its manifestations in a way suitable to political ends.