Cynthia Payne

When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that? ”

I'm glad I haven't married - I crave excitement. ”

My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with sex thrown in. ”

Vicars, MPS and lawyers were amont those who considered me to be the best hostess in London. ”

I always seemed to fall in love with policemen. ”

It's been a rollercoaster life but it hasn't been boring. ”

Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws. ”

Every time we had a raid, I'd get a boyfriend out of it. ”

Like I said in my election manifesto - why don't they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work? ”

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good. ”