For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime.

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.

I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

The more there is, the less I want. The more man flies to the moon, the more I want to look at a tree.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.