Inflation is as violent as a mugger as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown that terror becomes the known.

Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.

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

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men frightened by their wives or sweeties would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria who were frightened of life who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me but it's a lonely place even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.

How we are using up our home how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now.

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm where it's OK to fail - a kind of home I suppose.