In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

If I were alive in Rubens's time, I'd be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.

There is a latent fairy in all women, but look how carefully we have to secrete her in order to be taken seriously. And fairies come in all shapes, colours, sizes and types, they don't have to be fluffy. They can be demanding and furious if hey like. They do, however, have to wear a tiara. That much is compulsory.

I'm not a big drinking person and hardly ever have alcohol. Perhaps it's not sweet enough for my sweet tooth.

I keep my own personality in a cupboard under the stairs at home so that no one else can see it or nick it.

What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.