[With depression] you get a real sense of shame, because your friends go, 'Oh come on, show me the lump, show me the x-rays,' and of course you've got nothing to show.

I've told so many lies about my age I don't know how old I am myself.

Why is that when people become ill and have something wrong with any of their organs, they get sympathy from other people - except when that organ is their brain?

Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door.

You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast.

Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.

I'm lucky not to have a nine-to-five job.