“Having children with someone is the real bond.”

“Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.”

“I never pursued being 'famous.'”

“Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.”

“The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.”

“I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all, I've never had a husband.”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”

“I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express because I am my husband's life as fully as he is m...”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

“When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.”

“I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.”

“I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.”