We all lie to each other, present some sort of front.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

That image of the countryside being a threatening place still exists. People continue to resist the challenge of learning about aspects of life they don't understand.

Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.

Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot.

I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.

An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.

A scar isn't about the injury, it's about the healing.

Good fashion for me is like rock ‘n’ roll – there’s always a little rebellion in it.

I’m a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didn't want to mess up before.

I chop a lot of onions because I love cooking, and the times where I've never cried chopping onions is when I'm not thinking about it, when I'm talking to someone or I'm listening to music.

Nothing puts peace in its proper perspective better than the loss of personal liberty first.

My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical.

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.