A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.

I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?

People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.

I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.

Just went to the gym and worked on every body part. Four people slapped me.

I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

If you are truly wise, you love life very deeply. You love the things in your life, transient though they may be.

Digital held no romance for me at all. I hated it. I miss my big cameras. The working process, I miss it.

I'm doing all sizes. It's a strange thing to stop at a certain size. Women don't, so why should clothes?

I've had many years to consider what I would like to see about a particular place. I don't waste any time and I enjoy it.

I don't want to be a propagandist, no matter how good the cause. I want to tell stories. It's just that the stories have to square with my consciousness as a woman and my conscience as a human being.