Leo, sadly, has Parkinsons, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.

Never drink black coffee at lunch; it will keep you awake all afternoon.

The male - I have found - is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.

I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

Youve simply got to go on and on with your family and friends and tell them how much you love them because you never know whether theyll be there tomorrow, do you?

At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.

For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no.

I love the long grass coming up to meet the willows.

If you feel compelled to give a New Year's Eve party, don't invite people to arrive too early or they'll go off the boil before midnight.

People who can write a book usually do.

I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969.

It was so hard to feel safe in the world when you were a girl.

The biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy.

Are you full of the Holy Spirit? Then you will be full of mercy, kindness and love.

I feel like there's always somebody out there ready to take your man. If you got a good man, women are like you know their sleeping around.

By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.

To learn something, to master something, anything, is as sweet as first love.

Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.

I look at is as one single entity. I dehumanize the audience. This way, I don't get nervous, you know?

Most of us go through the world never seeing anything. Then you meet somebody like Herb and Dorothy, who have eyes that see. Something goes from the eye to the soul without going through the brain.

... the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.