I don't know why I feel so crazy...I feel like I'm going through a stargate. Maybe it's the diet pills. Maybe it's Buddha.

Writing has become my great joy - I simply love it.

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.

The only time I did not know how to be, physically, was when I lost a lot of weight. That was the only time I didn't understand my body.

Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.

I've always loved kissing. We all do, don't we?

It was my father who taught me to value myself.