So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.

I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.

According to my sister Jackie, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not, I've divorced people for that

I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.

Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

If I need to cheer myself up, I will put on some fabulous '40s musical on video. But I'm very lucky; I seldom get depressed. Without question, I'm a 'glass half full' person. In fact, it's three-quarters full!