Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

Your moral stance depends on what you think is being aborted. If you don't believe it to be a person but part of a woman's body, of course you will be pro-choice. I would be virulently pro-choice if I didn't believe it to be a person.

I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I can't see myself being Mother of the House.

I want to retire very early, by the time I am 40, and go to live in Italy.

I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.

The nature of the internet is that you don't know who is behind the screen.

'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'