I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -

I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.

And I always heard people in New York never get to know their neighbors.

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

My goal was not to have huge luxuries. As a child, I wanted a house with a garden, which I have today. This is what I dreamed of. I’d never worry about age if I knew I could go on being loved and having the possibility to love... So it isn’t age or even death that one fears, as much as loneliness and the lack of affection.

Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself, inside and out.

My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.