"The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion things to make life easier for men, in fact."

"As a child, I wanted only two things - to be left alone to read my library books, and to get away from my provincial hometown and go to London to be a writer. And I always knew that when I got there, I wanted to make loads of money."

"A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men."

"It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself."

"I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make."

"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well."

"Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lots of money into wind, solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence, caused by their terrible partisanship, will see them left behind."

"I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something."