"I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men."

"Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat."

"Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep."

"Obviously I've spent most of my working life with men and they have this way of operating which seems a bit alien to me."

"Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride."

"Caesar salad is one of my favourite lunch foods. You can shovel it in and talk at the same time."

"The day of the wedding went like these things generally do, full of anxious moments interspersed with black comedy."