There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.

In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political.

Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.

I'm old enough to remember the days when you spoke to one person from one outlet and that was the conversation. But now what happens is you speak to people and what you say gets translated into Portuguese, then into Mandarin, through a German prism and then back into English and bears little to no resemblance between - to the exchange or - that you had initially with the journalist or to what you originally said.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.