Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression.

There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense of your existence, and the other is to get out there and find purpose for yourself.

In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.

The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.

I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt.

Too often we forget that an ideal partner is someone who enhances an already full existence.

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.