I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got me into trouble in my work, I understand that.

[On the press:] I love working with children, and I have learned to be very patient with them.

Everywhere I go I smell fresh paint.

I'm a free spirit - unfortunately for some.

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more.

I remember saying to my husband, ''Why? Why have you got this lady around?'' And he said, ''Well, I refuse to be the Prince of Wales who never had a mistress.''