I really worshipped Mama Cass a lot. Mama Cass, who was really fat and she didn't lose weight. Yeah, she went on diets but for the most part of her life and the better part of her career she was a big person.

I'm a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them.

We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.

I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for fashion and style. They were passions I kept secret because I didn't understand I could love clothes and hair and makeup and still like girls.

I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.

Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can take any of your old makeup containers into its shops, and the sweetest deal is that, once you've racked up six containers, you get a free lipstick or lip gloss.