Jeanne Moreau

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

My aim in life is not to judge.

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.