Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Nothing has ever touched on what fun childhood was. Summer holidays were bliss. We made home movies, with real stories in them. My father had such charm and charisma, and made everything so funny. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
I don't much enjoy travelling, but I have always longed to take a slow train to Russia. I'd like to go alone - like… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
I use Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream, £12, on my lips, and my arms if they're sunburned. I'm past caring that sunbathing is dangerous. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
I don't like getting older, but there's nothing I can do. Hitting 60 wasn't great, but I think I was lucky in not being… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
It's usually a jolly good trick to pick up a local tour guide. They can tell you all the anecdotes that make a place… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
I remember being married to John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
There's no fun in a bag if it's not kicked around so that it looks as if the cat's been sitting on it -… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
I can't be the only person in the world to have three different husbands, and yet those relationships are never talked about. — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
