Isn't three quarters of life a guilty pleasure?

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

Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.

And then I wrote my first autobiography when I - well, it was 23 years ago. And since then I've written about one book every two years.

My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.

I'm a woman for all seasons. I mix 'n' match, do designer and high street - keep all my good pieces. I design all my evening and cocktail dresses most of the time as I dislike what is out there.

I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes.