You hope you're saying the right things - but also, as a kid becomes a teenager, you feel like there's a ticking clock for you to tell them everything they need to know.

But like Elle Woods, I do not like to be underestimated.

I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.

I mean, really: He called me 33 percent lesbian, which was a gross underestimation of my lesbian-ness.

My sheets are monogrammed, so is my silverware and pretty much everything else I own. My rule is, if it's not moving -- monogram it!

I love to cook comfort food. I'll make fish and vegetables or meat and vegetables and potatoes or rice. The ritual of it is fun for me, and the creativity of it.

The more respect I had for myself, and the more I took care of myself, the more I understood what I needed out of a partner.