Eighteen months before I was born, my mother was in Auschwitz. She weighed 49 pounds. She always told me that God saved her so she could give me life. I was born out of nothing.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand.

Bali and the Aman resorts are all very luxurious, great places to go.

If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.

I always wanted to be a femme fatale. Even when I was a young girl, I never really wanted to be a girl. I wanted to be a woman.

Go to a place where you're not going to be stressed, because a honeymoon itself can be a stressful thing.

I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

Insecurity is a waste of time.

To enjoy and appreciate the beauty of a dazzling spring, I save winter in my warm heart.

Small steps add up to complete big journeys.

I do not spoil women. ... I don't send them flowers and gifts. . . . I'm saving those gestures until I am an unpleasant old man who must resort to bribery to win a woman's synthetic affections.

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

In daytime, they're doing 50-60 pages a day, whereas nighttime, you do seven or eight.

All you may know of heaven or hell is within your own self.

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth but chocolates.

You will be my downfall, Riley Blackthorne.

I hate the word juicy in describing anything: lips, plots, oranges. But especially novels. It feels - icky. Reminds me of saliva.

He would never abandon her, never leave a gaping hole, and even if he died someday, he was preserved like a lab specimen from all the alcohol he imbibed, so he wouldn't look or act much different.