I've grown up in the public eye, and every decision I've made has always been so public and often inaccurately reported.

Eating lighter makes you lighter. No one can wave a magic wand.

I run or walk three times a week. I do Pilates, too, which is amazing - it makes you longer and leaner.

I've never pretended to be a supermodel.

Some men send me condoms and underpants. I'm not sure what they want.

I can't dance on ice, because I'm like Bambi on ice.

I love to snuggle up on the sofa wrapped in my duvet watching old black and white films, and catching up with friends and family on the phone.

I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.

I think it takes time to find your natural style and learn not to be swayed by trends that might not flatter you.

A huge part of youth is how you behave: I'm always looking for fun and anything that makes me feel alive - that in itself keeps me feeling young.

Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.

Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what his father had once said about being a war hero: one you became one, you died one.

Everything comes from the great book of nature.

I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.

A man is in bondage to whatever he cannot part with that is less than himself.

I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.

Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap.

You know what they say, the high trees get the wind.

There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in the sea before it's too late.

Drink wine every day, at lunch and dinner, and the rest will take care of itself.