Marriage was a goal. A family, for me as a young girl, was my image of what I hoped for. It was part of the big picture.

There's nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things.

Don't let your wounds make you become someone you're not.

When I'm at the greatest odds with my body, it's usually because I feel my body's betraying me, whether that's been in the past, struggling with my weight and feeling that I couldn't eat what I wanted to eat, or that I couldn't get my body to do what I wanted it to do.

I just don't like the idea of having an operation to hold up the ageing process.

The new Ann Taylor is for modern women who want to take on the world in style.

I'm an incurable optimist and a go-getter - it's in my nature to focus much more on what makes me happy than what makes me nervous.