"I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill."

"I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

"Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."

"There are people who have money and people who are rich."

"I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of 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."

"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue."