I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.

Sunglasses always hide a multitude of sins. Sunglasses and a great pair of heels can turn most outfits around.

I want a big house with a moat and dragons and a fort to keep people out.

I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.

When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.

I can't concentrate in flats.

WHETHER YOU'VE GOT $20 TO SPEND IN TOPSHOP OR $2.000 TO SPEND AT GUCCI, LOOKING GOOD ISN'T ABOUT MONEY. IT’S ABOUT STYLE, AND STYLE NEVER GOES OUT OF FASHION

These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.

Red is a strong, happy, optimistic color, and I like having fun with it, you know? Like, when colors clash - I love that strangeness.

If in doubt, anything looks good with a white shirt.

I want my kids to have a good work ethic. I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.

How might it feel to be fully present in every moment all of the time?

Treachery and violence are a just return for treachery and violence.

I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.

Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.

Confidence without skill is just emptiness.

My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.

The most radical act anyone can commit is to be happy.

When we go to our meeting with God, we should go like a patient to his doctor, first to be thoroughly examined and afterwards to be treated for our ailment. Then something will happen when you pray.

Store up reservoirs of calm and content and draw on them at later moments when the source isn't there, but the need is very great.

In your darkest times there's always room for a little light.