Growing up in a business-orientated family meant that I naturally learnt the tricks of the trade.

Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.

My accountant regularly asks to take me to lunch. I always say I can't afford it.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, whos the dumbest of you all?

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.

I am dating, but it is hard to find someone quick enough and funny enough. I am quite demanding.

I don't despise, because no-one should live rent-free inside your head.

Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

My best business decision is always to have been unembarrassed about negotiating a decent deal. Not being coy or shy about money is second nature to me.

I come from a family of traders; my grandmother and my mother were very good at making money.

Our capacity can grow or diminish, and either way, the results compound over time.

Be with people who question you, that's how you learn and grow.

That took balls.""Please, " I said with a snort, "that took ovaries. Of which I have two.

I get a feeling, on a guitar, and I sort of mess around until something resonates with me, and then I just find that what happens is that a melody comes, and with that, words.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.

I'm really happy to have a family and a life outside of the business.

Enough is enough and it's time for a change.

Bliss begins with the breath. We breathe in, and accept all that is new. We breathe out, and release all that has passed.

You know what, I just write what I feel.