I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine.

I don't have maids or servants, and my husband and I love waking up early and going to the 24-hour supermarket when there is nobody else there.

Tell me I have to be somewhere, and I'll be there 20 minutes early and stay there longer than anybody else. You hold up a lot of people if you're not on time.

You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it.

I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.

It took me years to eat a lot of shellfish. I was probably 20 years old before I had even seen a shrimp cocktail. I like oysters, but fried.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.