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.'

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

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.

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

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.

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.