Naomie Harris, the new Bond Girl

“A woman possessed... A terrier with my ankles in her jaw, refusing to let go”

Jack Straw on Ann Widdecombe

“It’s like being responsible for a small country”

Daniel Craig, pictured, on playing James Bond in Skyfall

“I never said I was a literary writer. I am a story-teller and I tell stories my way. And I think people relate to that. To be literary you have to use huge, boring descriptions and use long words that nobody understands. Shakespeare bored the crap out of me”

Jackie Collins

“I’m smart”

Actress Cameron Diaz on being asked why she had never married

“So you make a mistake here and there, you do too much or you do too little. Just have fun. Smile, and keep putting on the lipstick”

Actress Diane Keaton