I'm a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.

I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.

It's very easy to fall in love when things are great, but the way to really fall in love is when things aren't great.

I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.

Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde.

If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.

My mother said I was always an intense child, a very sensitive child. So that probably helped the emotions to be very present. I was just a big thinker. I would evaluate and analyze and feel and cry and discuss and be angry. All of those emotions were very surface for me.