Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely.

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.

I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or milk. I just combine the two.