...we should be grateful for them because without our family—the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day—life is pretty boring.

I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I taught her that.

You say you're sick and tired of hearing about me? I've got news for you: I'M sick and tired of hearing about me.

It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.

I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do.

I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings. And I just couldn't disconnect myself from it any longer. I read books like 'Diet for a New America' and saw documentaries like 'Earthlings' and 'Meet your Meat,' and it became an easy choice for me.

I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.