Beauty—or the desire to be beautiful—is in itself a dangerous motivation. Someone (I forgot who) once said, ‘Does the person who loves someone for their beauty really love them?’ So don’t focus on beauty ... a respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. It is the sum of our experiences that makes us interesting, and having been through a time in your life in which you were in a bad place (or what you perceived as a bad place) physically, can be useful. It can even be necessary.

Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.

The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.

It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.

Elegance is a physical quality. If a woman doesn't have it naked, she'll never it clothed.

That's why I sleep alone. My hair is curly, and that's why I have my ponytail. I look like a madman, like something out of a horror movie.

I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.