Quotes from Kate Garraway

If it means being settled and content, getting older can be a relief.

Looking back on my early romantic life, I was more worried about what impression I made on my dates than what I thought of them. I would approach them as though they were job interviews, trying to wow the man so that he would ask me out again and I got the 'job.'

Just because it is Christmas doesn't mean you should bottle all your feelings up. Mind you, sometimes being a good wife does mean knowing when to shut up.

I wear a lot of block colour dresses on television as the simplicity translates well on camera and blue is often a colour I rely on as it goes with everything.

Much is written about parenting - its joys and tribulations - and then about the transition into hot flushes, night sweats and (if we're lucky) a new life as a grandmother.

You don't always have to opt for a dress on a night out - a sequin pencil skirt can be far more chic.

As a child, I would rush to the school gates as the bell went, to be collected by my mother, Marilyn, who was always immaculately dressed in a pencil skirt and matching jacket.

It can be easy to let all sorts of things in your life slide, including your relationship.

If you said, 'I'm giving up smoking,' people would put on a parade. If you said, 'I'm going to eat more healthily,' people would say, 'Good for you.' If it's drinking, the first reaction is, 'That's so boring. You're going to be so boring.'

I'm a danger to myself and others in expensive, designer shops, as they send me giddy with excitement, causing me to snap up all manner of silly things.

I have been lucky enough to go to all sorts of places - diving in Malaysia, snorkelling with wild turtles in Cuba and dolphin-spotting in Kenya.

I think if a youngster leaves school unable to read you're kind of condemning them to a life of poverty and a life of lack of potential.

Sequin trousers can be scary and many women may worry they will be unflattering on their legs.

Midlife is a time of explosive change, when our hormones rampage and our bodies alter, forcing us into a whole new chapter of life whether we want it or not. Everyone has a moment when they realise for sure that this so-called passage of time is changing them - and perhaps not in a good way.

You've got to get your head right about ageing. Taking care of diet and exercise and facing your fears about growing older will lead you into a happier place emotionally and mentally. You feel like you have a choice.

They say breast milk helps just about everything - I'm surprised you can't run a car on it.

I look at my gorgeous girl and boy, with their incredible zest for life, and I count my undoubted blessings. But there's no question about it: I wish I'd started my family sooner. Much much sooner.

The National Lottery is brilliant because when I'm on my way people tweet me and say: 'Fingers crossed,' 'make my numbers come up!' Which I obviously can't do but, what a great life!

There is something special about breakfast TV in that people feel like they really know you.

I've never felt like thumping Piers Morgan. Others may do, but not me. He's exhilarating to be around.

The gang on 'GMB' is what really makes it. I love Ben Shephard, Richard Arnold, Susanna Reid and even Piers Morgan.

I did Robert Pattinson's first live interview for 'Twilight' and he was so nervous.

I'm very nervous of snakes. I think it's something about the movement. I'm not a huge fan of spiders either.

Since I was a little girl, my family has taken a holiday to Cornwall every spring half-term.