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

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

I believe in kissing, kissing a lot.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.

Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away from you and your life torn apart. If I had known very secure nights all my life, if I had never seen or felt the fear of being tortured or deported or blown up into a million pieces, then I would not fear it.