More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.

I am beyond logic and rationality.

Perception is real, truth is not. I'm not fighting for money and possessions. I'm fighting for something more precious. I pray that as we enter the cyber age -- the Age of Transparency -- the facts and the truth will out.

It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

I have no weakness for shoes. I wear very simple shoes which are pump shoes. It is not one of my weaknesses.

Beauty is not extravagance; beauty is life.