I've never been put down by a man, unless I deserved it, and have never felt inferior.

It is the generation of the unemphatic. Steal, kill, lie, fornicate, but beware of indulging with conviction.

I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money.

The prize I value most was given to me 60 years ago. I was named the girl with the cleanest fingernails.

Women are programmed to love completely, and men are programmed to spread it around. We are fools to think it's any different.