Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.

Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.

Far too many women are hesitant, and remain trapped in jobs for which they are over-qualified or paid beneath their worth.

I hate reality shows like Big Brother and I'm A Celebrity. I'd rather watch a goldfish bowl.

Esther Rantzen, like me, is an egomaniac of the highest order.

Blogs are for anoraks who couldn’t get published any other way.

I must be the only person of my age who doesn't have a bloody gong. They are so common in show business.

Television reflects our society in a more accurate way than at any time in the past.

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

Beauty is and always will be blue skies and open highway.

Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.

Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win.

Keep your lies short and simple.

People change their habits. I know Americans who don't go to Paris because they think it is too dangerous.

Movies, far more than the traditional arts, are tied to big money. Without a few independent critics, there's nothing between the public and the advertisers.

Every week you have to play well to be the champion.

Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.