I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

Sometimes evolving doesn't mean transforming; sometimes it just means owning what is there.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.

I love you for who you are, not who the world thinks you should be.

The complex called the feeling of guilt does not let us accept ourselves the way we are created

Eric Erikson writes that in their search for identity, adolescents need a place of stillness, a place to gather themselves.

If you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it.

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

Before my death I hope to obtain my life.

Sometimes I have the urge to conquer large parts of Europe.

With passion pray. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God?

You don't fall in love. You commit to it.