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

I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.

I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.

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

Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a Mayfair salon, which is much more satisfying, not to mention cheap.

In Germany, salads are assemblies of ham and mayonnaise, not trendy tossed leaves.

I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.