The people that I care about are the people out there on the street. I can identify with them.
I wear my heart on my sleeve.
I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that - and I found an affinity there.
You have so much pain inside yourself that you try & hurt yourself on the outside because you want help.
I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will every know yourself.
I remember saying to my husband, ''Why? Why have you got this lady around?'' And he said, ''Well, I refuse to be the Prince of Wales who never had a mistress.''
I should never have played with fire and I did. And I got very burned.
I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.
You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.
When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.
Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.
One day I'm going to go up in a helicopter and it'll just blow up. MI5 will do away with me
It is a weakness that I lead from my heart, and not my head?
People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.
My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.
I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.
I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind.
I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be.
I've got what my mother's got - however bloody you are feeling you can put on the most amazing show of happiness.
I understand that change is frightening for people, especially if there's nothing to go to. It's best to stay where you are. I understand that.
Everybody knew about the bulimia in the family. And they all blamed the failure of the marriage on the bulimia and it's taken them time to think differently. I said I was rejected, I didn't think I was good enough for this family, so I took it out on myself. I could have gone to alcohol. I could have been anorexic. I chose to hurt myself instead of hurting all of you.
I have a woman's instinct and it's always a good one.
I was compelled to perform. When I say perform, I was compelled to go out and do my engagements and not let people down and support them and love them. In a way, by being out in public, they supported me although they weren't aware of just how much healing they were giving me. It carried me through.
