The sad truth is that most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.

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

Certainly there are dozens of over-50 actresses who look great: Sophia Loren, Susan Sarandon, Ursula Andress, Stefanie Powers, Raquel Welch, Barbara Eden, Joanna Lumley, Linda Gray - the list is endless, and these are just the actresses! I have many friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s, not in the limelight, but who all look absolutely stunning.

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

Life is a predator: you have to eat it before it eats you.

The endless bonking was exhausting me.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.