What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.

Is perception equivalent to existence?

Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it's braver to die old.

I'm not classically pretty; I've always been too heavy; I've had thyroid disease and it's very hard for me to lose weight - but I've always had men pursue me. I've always had that 'it' thing. God knows why. Maybe it's pheromones, I don't know.

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.

You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to improve yourself? I have never in my entire life met a man who didn't want to go to bed with me because I was too fat.