It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.

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?

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

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

If we seek the knowledge God, all other knowledge will be given to us.

In these circumstances they did what most of us do, and, being ignorant of the truth, persuaded themselves into believing what they wished to believe.

We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

When you leave good people afraid to speak on behalf of justice, however awkwardly or insensitively, those unafraid to speak will rise to power.

Given the way his night had been going so far, he didn't have time to go to jail.

A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age.

I love people. And when you love people that much that you're disappointed in them every day, that love can turn to hate in a flash of a second.

Surround yourself with "yay-sayers" not "naysayers."

I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.