I have great respect for the past.

I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.

Intelligence always had a pornographic influence on me.

I don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes - it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'Well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all.

To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.