My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'

I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.

Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.

If I were to say you are crazy, what part of that would you find unacceptable?

It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.

Some days I wonder how I'll get through a whole lifetime of thinking. A life that's just words, words, words, shuffling around in my head. Was I born that way?

Thus God's work and His eyes are in the depths, but man's only in the height.

I have a lot of respect for tough coaches.

I believe we don't need to widen the divide between the West and Islam. Rather, we need to build dialogue to encourage tolerance and respect.

And telling a story, I suppose, is like winding a skein of spun yarn- you sometimes lose track of the beginning.

Nothing can be accomplished without love.

I don't recommend washing your face. Because you might drown.

The capitalist system of coordination by trade seems to be largely populated by indigestible lumps of socialism called corporations

I've always cared about issues, always thought through problems. I don't know how much that comes from my personality or my mum.

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.