My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

The endless bonking was exhausting me.

However much some journalists may criticize me, I know that I look, feel, and behave several decades younger than my actual age, and much of that is because I believe you are what you think you are. This is called positive affirmation, and it's a really strong tool.

I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking. I also have a trainer half of the year, as I spend my summers in the south of France where I swim a lot.

Yes, I remember the bombings. Yes, I remember, because - yes, I remember being in air raid shelters. Even though I was evacuated because I was very young, I remember being in air raid shelters and the tremendous feeling of compatibility with everybody.