Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!

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

I wasn't allowed to be clever when I was young and blonde, but now I am 50 and an old blonde, I am allowed to have gravitas. With wrinkles comes wisdom.

As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes.

Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists.

Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence in dealing with their trials and tribulations to date.

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in, external situations cause internal friction, you grow apart and then bounce back together.