The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

Whatever you do they will love you; even if they don't love you they are connected to you till you die. You can be boring and tedious with -sisters, whereas you have to put on a good face with friends.

I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.

I'm mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden.

When I was young, I couldnt imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they werent out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.

Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end.

You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories.