How come every other organ in your body can get sick and you get sympathy, except the brain?

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.

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

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

I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show.

[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.

Some interviewees you make friends with and some you don't.