My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.

Facials are my biggest beauty indulgence. Looking good is about having a good base. It's about taking care of your skin.

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.

Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.

I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better.

I'm not sad at all about turning 40.

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.

There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.

Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

Beauty is not just physical. It's about what you stand for, how you live your life.

An excuse will not wake up early

With the ambitions, to seize the opportunity to win is your big loss.

Education is political.

If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

The groups, though, were my inspiration way back then. I liked Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

Typography fostered the modern idea of individuality, but it destroyed the medieval sense of community and integration.

Words belong to each other.

What is a man? What is a woman? Why are men and women attracted to each other? Why do they desire each other? Love...what is it?