Balance sheets bore me. I suspect if figures had excited me I would have gone into the city and now be a lot wealthier.

In an ideal world, I'd be able to do my shows in my pajamas. Luckily I've got one of the best stylists in the business, Rebecca Allen - she knows what looks good on camera and gives it a sexy kick.

I don't like the anonymity of the banking process - people now don't have a bank manager they ever meet.

I think that in a family some are workers some are not. I certainly saw my mother work very hard and be in charge and never show any kind of fear about business deals. Her golden rule was you should never be embarrassed talking about money and asking for what you deserved. I take the same view.

I was thrilled when a designer shop assistant said I was a size smaller than Madonna!

Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.

In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car while she went to buy liquor, she returned to find her daughter with tears running down her cheeks. The guilt and horror Ms. Robinson felt at this sight jolted her into sobriety.