Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.

I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.

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.

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

The Lady' is a piddling little magazine that no one cares about or buys.

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

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.