Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.

There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.

I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.

I'm really into food; it's one of my favourite things - everything from potato waffles to lobster.

My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.

There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.

All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them.

I enjoy being a girl.

You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.

When you ‘lie’ to me, you don’t ‘lie down’ or lay.Even after the game you still want to play.

Who is more foolish the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature.

Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.

As the cancellation of the German Grand Prix indicates, Germany is a terrible market for Formula One.

In the criminal justice system you see the worst people on their best behavior, unlike the civil system, where the best people behave at their worst.

I push myself to the limit.

The society of my relatives can only be enjoyed with frequent intervals.

The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again.

Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I've grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.