"Life’s too short to stuff a mushroom."

"I came back from a visit to my mother in Canada to find a note on the mantelpiece from Kevin [O'Sullivan]. It said: "…"

"[On her dislike of Christmas cards: M]y self-esteem isn't based on how many shepherds and robins I've got perched on …"

"Fifty Shades of Grey is so infantile [...] More like baby porn. You have to wait until page 200 for any sex at all. S…"

"[On her marriage to (Sir) Terence Conran in 1955] It was just criticise, criticise, criticise, from morning to night.…"

"Canongate have been wonderful. They've allowed me to write the word 'masturbation' back into the copy. When Lace was …"

"[On her divorce from (Sir) Terence Conran in 1962] I was 30. My mother said, "Well, perhaps it's as well your father'…"

"[On being motivated to leave the marriage] I went to St Paul's [the independent school in west London]. That was very…"

"[On turning down a fourth marriage at the age of 80] He might want to watch football on a Saturday afternoon. I might…"

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"