The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it - and you don't leave a Ferrari out in the sun.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

Soon we could barely recognize them. They were taller than we were, and heavier. They were loud beyond belief. I feel like a duck that's hatched goose's eggs.

. . . things whose perishing had been arrested by their power to make her love them.

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

I hate my smile - I think I look like an absolute wally when I smile, I really do.

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

I am convinced that it is the light and the way.

What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother.

In insecure relationships, we disguise our vulnerabilities so our partner never really sees us.