We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us.

Money doesn't make you happy, but it gives a zone of comfort around you.

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing.

I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.

Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life is life, and if we all did what they said we should do, it would be a different world.

Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.

I think I'm brave because I've made decisions based - I hope not entirely selfishly - on what I think is right for me to do next.