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.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

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.

I've three children, three grandchildren, I work, I travel, and I'm very happily married. I'm very satisfied and happy with my life and there really isn't anything I want.

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.

Most of the time we've been living in England and now we've bought an apartment in New York which we absolutely love.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40 so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.