My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.

I read, I gossip, I do crosswords. I think chatting with friends is relaxing. I've picked them up all through my life - if you live long enough, you end up with quite a large circle.

As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.

I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because I was always using her as my mother, if you know what I mean.

I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.

I came up almost completely through the subsidised theatre. I have never been absolutely at the market interface, where I've got to sell my wares or die - I've always been protected from that.

As long as I am still interested and curious I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.

As long as I am still interested and curious, I enjoy getting up in the morning, but I can't say I have a happy smile on my face 24/7.

Once in a golden hour I cast to earth a seed. Up there came a flower, The people said, a weed.

We fail to enjoy the sacred moment, when we overwork.

If the amount of times we get up is just one less than the amount of times that we've been knocked down, then we're spending our lives lying down.

My pathways are defined by the Creator.

To be effortlessly yourself is a blessing, an ambrosia. It is like a few tiny little puffs of opium which lift you ever so slightly off the hard surface of the world.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

It's nice to have famous people love you.

Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.

Don't ever lose sight of who you are and your own power.

They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.