I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.

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

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

Only the absolutely determined people succeed.

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

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

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.