I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was.

People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.

My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me more sensitive to cruelty. It made me feel like I was contributing to making the world better and that I was connected to everything around me. I felt like I was part of the whole by respecting every living thing rather than using it and destroying it by living unconsciously. Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.

I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.