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 don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.

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

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 have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.

I never thought I was particularly good looking. But when I see old photographs, I realise that I was. I do wish I had known that at the time because beauty is power. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be young, beautiful and in Hollywood. It didn't hit me. Every day I woke up, went to the film studio and just got on with it.

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