If you say the world is flat, it doesn't make the world flat. The world doesn't need you to agree that it's round in order to be round, because there's this thing called evidence. ''

AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE on climate change deniers

I've spent a lot of time getting hair and make-up done in my life. I could have written five books in that time - not that I would have. But it does feel like a lot of that time could be spent doing other positive things. ''

ACTRESS NATALIE PORTMAN on how long it takes to get camera-ready

It is strange because people always associate the colour purple with Prince, but his favourite colour was actually orange. ''

TYKA NELSON, sister of the late singer Prince