Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time.

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men.

The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy.

Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.

Far too many women are hesitant, and remain trapped in jobs for which they are over-qualified or paid beneath their worth.

Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.

I hate reality shows like Big Brother and I'm A Celebrity. I'd rather watch a goldfish bowl.

Esther Rantzen, like me, is an egomaniac of the highest order.

Blogs are for anoraks who couldn’t get published any other way.

I must be the only person of my age who doesn't have a bloody gong. They are so common in show business.

Television reflects our society in a more accurate way than at any time in the past.

Be strong enough to say this to yourself -Sins were mine, and so shall I have to pay for it

[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.

The traditional techniques used in getting sleep aren’t much effective any longer and our sleep techniques need to evolve as rapidly as our life style has, in order to cope with it.

Right is its own defense.

The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.

Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.

Let there be no ambiguity about the American view that Syria's lack of cooperation .. is not acceptable.

He who says he never needs help, most does.

It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the shows on TV. I watch them all.