If you're from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that's what makes you who you are.

The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn't the real me. I spend most days at home in Bristol in jeans and a T-shirt running around after the kids or shopping in the Co-op.

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.

I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.

I loved doing 'Countdown.' I now consider that I was very, very lucky - not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long.

I was away a lot on 'Countdown' when the children were young and I couldn't have done it without Mum's help. Because she was at home running all of that, I never had to worry about them.

My bottom is so big it's got its own gravitational field.

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.

The first couple of days on the detox diet aren't pleasant.

I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time.

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.

You let go of my hand to hold on to my heartDistance grasps us tightnow that we are apart

Beauty is achieved through perfection of body and mind.

Dr. John Nash Ott had discovered by 1987 that glass, artificial light sources, electricity and electronic systems were having extensive detrimental effects on plants, animals and humans.

I don't wish to be the symbol of anything. I'm only myself.

We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses

You don't know you're going to get a 'No' until you ask, and if you don't ask, you've given yourself the No.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

Before every great opportunity God gave me a great trial.

Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else's injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn't hurt?

Having talent is fantastic. Having confidence is even more important.