They [granddaughters] went to Disneyland and Alice proudly told Snow White: 'My grandmother is a famous atlas!' So that's nice - they're happy that I'm an atlas!

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

It's an incredibly difficult thing to bring a giraffe down. They can kill a lion with a single blow from their feet.

I am now an old lioness, if I see my young ones getting out of order, I've got to be able to say to them this is not how lions behave. This is not right.

I am blessed beyond the realms of blessedness, and easily the greatest pleasure is giving it away

I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody.

I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.