All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now people know about the orphans there. And hopefully it's gonna turn around. And a positive is gonna come out of the negative.

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

When I came to New York it was the first time I'd ever taken a plane, the first time I'd ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I'd ever done.

If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice.

Motherhood was the beginning of my own journey asking the question, 'Why am I here?' I had to stop and think: What am I doing to teach my daughter? What do I believe in?

I don't like to be provocative for the sake of being provocative.

To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else's painting is a little difficult