Quotes

I have been working in male-dominated industries most of my life. When I started my career in investment banking, I was one of two women in my analyst class.

I was very invested in being smart and thought to be smart was more important than accomplishing anything in life.

Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.

My mother's early life revolved around the Methodist faith.

I remember the moment it first hit me that my mother's memory was no longer the extraordinary phenomenon it had been all my life. The realisation came as a thunderbolt.

Since I turned 50, I've had the best year of my life and I now throw as much effort into the social side of my life as I do work - more so now than ever before.

I think it's really hard for teenage girls in London to just gently... have a life. Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend.

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that life had to offer. I think I wrote my very first piece of fiction at the age of 12, but then I didn't write any more for quite a long time.

I have a preference for writing that deals with domestic issues; even in visual art, I like work that focuses on very small aspects of human life. I like movies that have a very narrow focus. I can see how it might be viewed as limiting, but I don't experience it that way.

My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view.

I've had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude.

Life is an overwhelming bundle of loose threads. The ones you can hang on to are precious.

I've met people from all walks of life.

I've been underweight my entire life but not so much that I didn't get my period.

I just want to say that from an early age, my parents instilled in me the values that you work hard for want you want in life; that your word is your bond; that you do what you say you will do and you treat people with respect. That includes Housewives too!

Taking care of yourself is a part of life - and it shows.

I've taken a lot of chances in my life.

Life is a marathon and you have to pace yourself. I believe that slow and steady wins the race, so in that way, I've been training for a marathon my whole life.

Running is something you can do and be alone in your thoughts, and I like that. Maybe I've been a runner my whole life.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

It's not my aspiration to appear on a reality show. That's the last thing I need in my life.

Work doesn't seem to interfere with my life. I have time for everything, even time to be alone.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.