I'm not particularly tactile.
Peter Jones is hot.
I'm not great at taking compliments because I always find the thing I could do better.
I'm not a woman in the 'Den,' I'm a Dragon, we're all there to invest, it has nothing to do with gender.
You can't beat a bar of chocolate between cheap white bread - there is nothing like it.
I don't exactly know the moment that I was a millionaire but it was in my twenties.
I didn't want to get married.
Business doesn't cut you any slack because of your gender. You're either good at what you do or you're not.
We have a very good history of manufacturing in this country but I worry that these skills are being lost. We walk around saying, 'We haven't got any manufacturing any more' but Made In Britain really means something, particularly in other parts of the world. We need to support British manufacturing.
It is what you can do with your money that matters because money has no value in itself.
Both my parents were entrepreneurs and built a nice leisure business. But money was tight when I was growing up.
My parents felt I should earn my money because I would then value it. So they would pay me a shilling or two to do jobs such as washing the car, cleaning and washing up.
My first paid job was leading pony rides along Minehead seafront when I was eight. I probably got paid sixpence - not much but I loved horses and it gave me a great chance to be near them.
I think I'm absolutely perfect. Because if I'm not good at something I completely banish it from my mind. Completely. Like it never happened.
People can be very serious with me, and expect me to be very businesslike all the time. So I have to help them get over that by showing them that I enjoy life.
Nearly everybody, when they first meet me, seems to have this sense of trepidation.
I won't get involved in businesses that I think cut across any kind of animal welfare issues.
If someone needs help, I don't do tea and sympathy, but I'm honest and practical - that's how I was brought up.
I often see people who I think could be really successful in business but they just don't realise they have the skills and they don't believe in themselves.
I am a more rounded person than you see on television. You don't bark your way to being a success.
