Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

When I'm called unkind... that really cuts to the quick. You can say anything else that you like about me.

It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.

I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.

People always say theres no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think theyre right, because it seems self-evident: nobodys going to buy a magazine that nobody ever talks about, so people should want to buy a magazine that everybodys talking about.

There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.

Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.