And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking voice at any point.

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

It's amazing what you can get if you quietly, clearly and authoritatively demand it.

I don't have very much interest in trends and fashions. I don't follow the fashion shows and stuff like that into my real life. But I'm very, very interested in how people put themselves together, how women and men announce themselves to the world, through what they put on their bodies. Whether we choose Birkenstocks or whether we choose Burberry - it all signifies something and it's really interesting to me.

I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.

As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.