As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.

Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.

It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

The big contracts go to the girls who are healthy - they need to have a sparkle in their eyes and you can't fake that if you're unhealthy.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.

Keeping up with everything I do requires some sacrifices, but once and a while I need to take some time to myself.

Creativity takes courage.

That gap between half sleep and half awakening has always been occupied by nostalgia.

Anyone can talk,    but to listen is a gift,      we should all exchange

The Finals are about a test of wills.

Get hurt in a fight... got to keep going... Heart and mind, they kind of go hand in hand.

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.

Is it me? Is it like I have a beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear?

I believe most definitely that one must not only grapple with the problems on the board, one must also make every effort to combat the thoughts and will of the opponent.

Religion is the one and sole interest of the people of India.