I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.

Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.

As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.

When I was little I always thought I was marked out, special, on the verge of something momentous. I used to tingle with anticipation.

I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important.

The gym is where I get my chill-out time. I try to go six days a week, but when I'm working, that goes down to about three.

I think you have to relax about aging. What else can you do?

So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.

I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.

A library is a sacred place where the voices of the ancients can still be heard if we but give them the required silence.

Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing.

The longing for certainty ... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.

Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a lovely indication.

We learned how to love each other by loving together good things wholly outside each other.

If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.

Making the big shot wouldn't feel so good if missing it didn't feel so awful

The most fun part about working out is being done - getting through the workout, let's be honest. But that feeling afterward? Yeah, that's worth it.

A writer strives to express a universal truth in the way that rings the most bells in the shortest amount of time.