There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?

I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.

My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone… from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.

Never regret anything that makes you smile.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.