My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.

I see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.

I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common

I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

I think being appropriate is what you have to do. I think these trend things are terrible, like 'Ten Things You Must Have.' Why must you have them? They're a 'must' for some people, but for some they're not. It's silly. Again, it's all a matter of knowing who you are. You'll never run out of ideas once you do. But it's hard work and some people don't want to put in the time or effort. So they don't. And that's their issue. I don't sit in judgment on how they look.

In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.

I never felt pretty. I don't feel pretty now. I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty. So I don't feel badly. And I think it worked out well, because I found that all the girls I know who got by on their looks, as time went on and they faded, they were nothing. And they were very disappointed. When you're somebody like myself, in order to get around and be attractive, you have to develop something, you have to learn something, you have to do something. So you become a bit more interesting.