I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them.

It's funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day-your body-can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It's like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.

Even if you're only wearing trainers and a vest, eyeliner will instantly transform you. People always look put-together when their make-up's on and their eyes are popping - just ask Amy Winehouse!

Even talking, I'm super-loud. I could never have that kind of meek, little wispy whimsical lavender and lace voice. It comes from my body. There's no way I can fight it.

All this fashion stuff - who's cool now - is just a bigger version of the cool kids versus the nerds.

I'm a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

I'm passionate about color. My best friend and I sit and look at Pantone books for fun.

I'm not sure that I am able to feel embarrassment.

I've belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don't know why.

I'm naturally a mousy blonde, so I dye my hair, and my eyebrows would disappear if I didn't get through at least a pencil a month.

I'm shameless, and I love a pun. There's a lot of Beth puns.

Time heals what reason cannot.

Positive emotions are not trivial luxuries, but instead might be critical necessities for optimal functioning.

Idleness is an enemy of the soul.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

Nature soothes us. Nature heals us, and something more, the woods are a place of power.

Failure is a part of success. There is no such thing as a bed of roses all your life. But failure will never stand in the way of success if you learn from it.

Education no longer has a humanist end or any value in itself; it has only one goal, to create technicians.

My technique, starting with a quick outline in pencil, is designed to record first impressions, with no time for second thoughts.

The children's book world has given me wonderful friendships and an unbelievably rich life.

In eroticism as dance: one of the partners is always charged with leading the other.