I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

I never read gossip press. I just read books. And I never switch on the TV any more.

My basic mathematics is rather weak, so when some of the theories are broken into equations, I get rather lost.

I don't regard clothing as disposable, which is probably why I have so much of it!

I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.

I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.

Elizabeth Taylor was never told what to wear or paid to carry a certain handbag.