I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

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

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

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

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.

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'd like to see women get on to boards and run companies despite the fact that men occupy the citadels of power.