Life isn't always easy, but it's simple.

I used to think that what scared me was the idea of being abandoned until someone said to me, "Only children can be abandoned. Adults can't be abandoned because we have a choice. Children don't have a choice."

I feel sexy because I feel loved. That's what sexy is-it's feeling good from the inside. When you feel sexy or sensuous, you naturally want to open up and give, and I think that comes from being able to receive love and desire.

I'm an incurable optimist and a go-getter - it's in my nature to focus much more on what makes me happy than what makes me nervous.

Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.

I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side.

Marriage was a goal. A family, for me as a young girl, was my image of what I hoped for. It was part of the big picture.