I'm not a great consumer. I always ask myself, 'Do I really need that piece?' I have friends who have 300 pairs of shoes; how would you leave the house in the morning?

There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.

I've never been ambitious.

People are unhappy when they are on diets, because it's 'don't do this, don't do that, do this, do that.

I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present.