People think I work a lot more than I do. I think because you're in people's living rooms every day they're like: 'Oh my God, you're always on the telly,' but it's like, 'Yeah but you always have to go to work every day nine till five whereas I finish at 12:30 P.M. and then I'm home.'

When I'm home, I never take work calls. If I'm at work, I work; if I'm home that's it, I'm home.

With any body shape it's important to buy the right size and not be dictated to by size you think you are. Try on a bigger and a smaller size in the shop and see what fits visually. If you do have to go up a size, cut the label out, it's just a number!

I'm not afraid of how I look in the mirror.

I have always been really scared of trousers, they aren't flattering.

There's a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it's never horrible. I'm not a soap villain who gets spat at.

I've been known to use white noise during fussy times as well as to help a baby sleep.

I love an elasticated waistband on holiday. I look like the before photo of a makeover. I don't care and no one can see me.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

We have learned a long time ago that one cannot compromise with terrorists.

You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

If you learn a martial art, you learn to be dangerous, but simultaneously, you learn to control it.

I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

“I went to college for four years to get my degree, then I spent an additional four years at chiropractic college to become a chiropractor. In all that time, not once did they ever talk about how to actually get patients to come to my clinic.” 

“There are a lot of ways you can learn the language of your audience. Here are three ways you can do this right now.” 

“When you can learn the language of your audience, you can more easily make a connection with them, and ultimately they begin to trust you more.” 

“Once you’ve found the people in your target audience and begun learning about their problems—and most importantly, how they talk about those problems—you’ll be setting yourself up to connect with that audience authentically and effectively for as long as you’re in business.” 

“Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.”

“The lessons learned, then, in Robinson's case: "Additional training is required to inform soldiers of the dangers of self-medicating along with the associated risk of overdosing" is the first. "Encourage the use of a battle buddy among warriors" is the second. "Increase suicide prevention classes" is the third. "Increase communication to twice a day with high-risk soldiers" is the fourth. "Continue improvements in leader communication" is the fifth. And that's that. Eight months. Five minutes. The army moves on to the next suicide. Case forever closed.”

People are more willing to talk about child abuse. When this whole McMartin thing went down, I was at a dinner party with about eight people, all from different backgrounds and from all over the world. And every single person at that table had had some weird experience as a child. I think everyone has - whether it was with a babysitter, or playing doctor, but usually when some older person tries to come in contact with you. It's amazing how much we block out.

Even if you've gone through an average childhood, you have girlfriends who get pregnant and then have to choose whether or not to have a child. And this stuff certainly makes you think about what you're taking on. I certainly want to have children, but I could never do it until I felt I loved myself enough, and wanted to bring someone into the world because I had some kind of security.