My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.

Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes.

When you start acting as a child, you grow up ahead of your movies.

Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.

I have a lot of mirrors around my house, not because I like to look at myself, but because I like the light and perspective they bring to a room.

I like solitary pursuits, such as reading or pottering about in the garden.

I always say a tremendous amount of healing is in your own hands.

Roses are my favourite flower, and my mum always grew a lot of them.

Do I think I'm under-educated? Academically, absolutely. I never took any exams, no O- or A-levels.

In my life, things have happened to me. I've never felt I was controlling anything.

My best feature is my hair.

God's mill grinds slow but sure.

I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.

Guilt is not the best way to remedy your mistakes.

Today Mitt Romney is 68 years old. It's kind of sad, a 68-year-old guy with no job, no future - wait a minute, that's me.

To be human is to become visible while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.

Get on the fashion nerves of your peers, not your parents - that is the key to fashion leadership.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.