I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I can only control my own performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day.

I have always had strong maternal instincts. Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels' tracks behind me in the snow.