I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto - the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.

I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.

Beauty is in you and is reflected in your eyes. It is not material.

Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.

I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up.

My philosophy is that it's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe and not to explore at all.

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.