Beauty is not just physical. It's about what you stand for, how you live your life.

I also have been called that terrible "N" word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.

Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it.

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

When you have short hair, there's just a feeling of here I am. What you see is what you get. And there's a confidence that comes with wearing short hair and I like the way that makes me feel.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.