Domestic goddesses have infiltrated everybody's lives and raised the bar way too high.

I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.

My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'

If I were to say you are crazy, what part of that would you find unacceptable?

It takes time and energy, and if I'm working, then I'd rather flop in front of the telly than put on a tiny dress and work out how to get myself to God knows where. I mean, lazy some would call it.

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.”“Yeah, ” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.

When I write with Maiden, then I write only with the guys in Maiden, we don't do songs from outside people.

I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.

Love isn’t only passion and joy. It’s also sacrifice.

God has always been to me not so much like a father as like a dear and tender mother.

I used to tour a little bit with Jim Carrey and help him out on his first Showtime special.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.

Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.