I think people tend to believe that women who are successful are probably neglecting their children, possibly a bit hard-nosed and that they don't really support other women very much - that they're men-haters and ball-breakers. I've certainly been on the receiving end of those 'compliments' for most of my career.

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.

On the whole, you can have a private life and be famous. But when milestones happen in your life like having children or getting married, privacy goes out of the window.

I used to get a lot of people saying 'Oh, you are such a lucky granny.' But the fact of the matter is you can be a grandma at 35 these days.

Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief.

Men are fantastic - as a concept.

I think the key attributes for a good speaker are someone that's articulate and someone that puts a fair amount of humour into what they do.