I've had some tremendous adventures, good and bad. It's part of the novel, and a novel isn't interesting if it doesn't have some good and bad. And you don't know what good is if bad hasn't been a part of your life.

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.

But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.

When you had just three and then four channels, I could always find something that was watchable because the standard of TV was much higher. In those days, they had so much more money to put into so many less programmes.

Everybody makes money; not everybody makes history.

During the financial crisis and bailouts of 2008, it probably occurred to very few average people that we were entering a period of hardship for billionaires.

I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.