"As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man."

"We are used to female writers who use their private lives as unmitigated material being somewhat hormonal this somehow 'excuses' what might be seen as a highly unfeminine ability to turn their personal upsets into money."

"From paying off friends' tax bills to rescuing stray dogs and stuffing &pound20 notes into the hands of homeless people, I can't get rid of my money fast enough."

"There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of."

"I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam."

"The simplest truths often reveal that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself."

"The only limit to human potential is the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."