Dad was the first man I fell in love with. He was a very funny man. He grew up in the East End of London and was very dynamic, and I understood why my mother fell in love with him.

I'm happy to be at home with the kids, in my flannel pajamas; that's a treat.

If you're in love with someone maybe you can show it too much.

I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.

Kindness Day should be everyday of your life.

I do have cellulite. I have it everywhere. From the neck down!

I'm Catholic and Mum taught me the comfort that you can get from going to church. But I'm an a la carte Catholic. I love all the pomp and ceremony of it.

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.

All I want is to be more famous than anything or anyone.

When something bad is written about me, I find it hurtful. So I choose not to look at it.

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there.

In Russia everything is a secret, but there is no secrecy.

I've always been very tied to language.

The poem is a plank laid over the lion's den.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

The world out there is not waiting for a new definition of Christianity; it's waiting for a new demonstration of Christianity.

Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.

Break the rules, stand apart, ignore your head, and follow your heart.

With any other celebrity, people come up and say, 'Hey, I really like your work.' But with my fans, when they see me, they don't even say hello. They just go, 'AWWWWWGHGHHHGHGHRRR!'

My education was interrupted only by my schooling.