Without homosexuals there'd be no Hollywood.

The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.

I've never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I'm here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.

I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being - to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.

My forties are the best time I have ever gone through.

When you're fat, the world is divided into two groups - people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp.