Today I'm channelling...

...is spending the next two weeks watching cheesy festive films, catching up on boxed sets and eating Quality Street. Back on 5th January 2015. See you on the other side.

Today I'm channelling... Emily Bronte

"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: it vexes me to choose another guide."
Emily Bronte, died today 1848

Today I'm channelling... Betty Grable

"The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there."
Betty Grable, born today 1916

Today I'm channelling... Stephen Spielberg

"All good ideas start as bad ideas. That's why it takes so long."
Stephen Spielberg

Today I'm channelling... Arthur C Clarke

"I don't believe in God, but I'm very interested in her."
Arthur C Clarke, born today 1917

Today I'm channelling... Carrie Fisher

"There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now, I might as well take a nap."
Carrie Fisher

Today I'm channelling... Taylor Swift

"If you're lucky enough to be different, don't change."
Taylor Swift, 25 tomorrow

Today I'm channelling... Eleanor Roosevelt

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt

Today I'm channelling... Emily Dickinson

"Forever is composed of nows."
Emily Dickinson, born today 1830

Today I'm channelling... Judi Dench

"The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise, why would I go on doing it?"
Judi Dench, 80 today

Today I'm channelling... John Lennon

"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it will always get you the right ones."
John Lennon, died today 1980

Today I'm channelling... Joan Didion

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."
Joan Didion, 80 today

Today I'm channelling... Jay Z

"She's a dreamer, a doer, a thinker. She sees possibility everywhere."
Jay Z, 45 today

Today I'm channelling... Jean Luc Godard

Jean Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Un Bout de Souffle

"A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order."
Jean Luc Godard, 84 today

Today I'm channelling... Bette Midler

"I made a pact with myself a long time ago: never watch anything stupider than you."
Bette Midler, 69 yesterday

Today I'm channelling... Sarah Silverman

"'The guys who are into the shivering, limping girls, are not the guys you want."
Sarah Silverman, 44 today