If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.'

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.