I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.

The best part of work is always working with people and getting to know them and having the sense that you're not actually working.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

You cannot leave the house to take the garbage out without full-on makeup and your hair done. You have to fight for your man out there.

It's better to be skinny than to be fat.

When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.

After pregnancy, the important thing is rebuilding your back muscles.