I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.

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.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

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

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

I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

I have girlfriends who've had Botox and been left with lumps in their faces. And the lips, don't even get me started.