There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.

Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.

You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.

A good photographer can make you look incredible, even when you're not feeling very sexy.

When you're modeling you're actually acting for the camera and the photographer. It's more fun, too because there are no lines to memorize.

The world of modelling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

I really did put up all my wedding pictures on my website. And I swear to you, my wedding pictures got downloaded just as much as my bikini pictures.

There's always someone following your next step.

I gained 80 pounds for my pregnancy so this is like my coming out party.

I married the man of my dreams in 1998.

A leader becomes great by inspiring others to do great things.

Books are something which by the words breaths when you stop writing it stops it's own proccess = breathing..

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes.

The means for maintaining perfect love is to accomplish frequent acts of love. Fire is kindled by the wood we cast into it and love is enkindled by acts of love.

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?

The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried.

It's not healthy to live life as a succession of isolated little cool moments.

I feel like a visitor just about everywhere.

Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox.

Hip-hop took some lessons from rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll took some lessons from hip-hop.