What makes you attractive is being yourself, being natural, being unaware. Even though makeup is important, you should do it all, and then forget about it. You don't want to look like anyone else, any more than you want to be anyone else. You want to look like you. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery - but it's flattering to someone else. Not to you.

It is more important to be pretty as a woman than to be fashionable.

The more independent you want to be, the more generous you must be with yourself as a woman.

One of my fondest memories was when I was in London as a young, independent businesswoman and stayed at Claridge's. I knew I had made it. To me, Claridge's is the most glamourous hotel in the world; I regard it as my home away from home. I am honoured to become part of the hotel's legacy and rich design history.

If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

Don't be afraid of your own strength.

Now is the time to become a myth.