I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard…

- Louise Mensch

I want to retire very early, by the time I am 40, and go to live in Italy.

- Louise Mensch

Yes, I know, shaming, isn't it? I always say you can take the girl out of the 80s, but you can't take the 80s out of the girl. Before I wrote my firs…

- Louise Mensch

Of course women can have it all - if they want it all. I won't hear any defeatist talk. If you just dwell on problems, you won't get anywhere fast.

- Louise Mensch

Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.

- Louise Mensch

I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don’t accept …

- Louise Mensch

The nature of the internet is that you don't know who is behind the screen.

- Louise Mensch

Money gives you the power to do whatever you want to do. I like the idea of being in complete control of my life.

- Louise Mensch

'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'

- Louise Mensch