Quotes

I always use boot polish on my eyelashes, because I am very emotional person and it doesn't run when I cry.

"I say a prayer. I really do. I say, 'Please God, get me a plot.' It's absolutely extraordinary: then the plot comes." (when asked where her ideas for books come from.)

"Personally I want to be loved, adored, worshipped, cosseted and protected. Judging by the romantic boom, this is what women all over the world want too." (in 1977)

I was the person who invented second-hand clothes shops.

A man should certainly not be a virgin on his wedding night. You want one person who knows what he is doing.

We must get back to the days when the English gentleman was admired and looked up to by everyone.

The point is you make a certain amount of money, but you are never certain when Labour might get in. And don't forget that last time we had Labour it took us 10 years to get over it.

There is no point in wearing arty-crafty clothes if you don't look good in them. Women should wear pretty clothes and look like women. Why must they try to be men?

I have no idea what I make....Occasionally I ask, 'Are we in debt?' We always are.