I went through this phase where I thought pink and purple matched. To dance class, I'd wear purple tights and pink leg warmers and paint my shoes purple. It was really odd.

I love pets and I love animals, and I just got a new puppy, a new rescue named Peanut. She's a tiny little Chihuahua mix.

During the first couple of years of 'Dancing with the Stars,' I would go to Jack in the Box in my ball gown after the shows and get the Taco Nachos with cheese as my reward.

Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.

I have arthritis. The space around my spinal cord has become compressed.

One of the best gifts you can give to an animal is a donation of a blanket to your local animal shelter during the winter months.

My poor vision gives me a soft-focus morning. For the first half hour, I kind of wander through my house, and everything is a blur. I put my contacts in when I'm ready to deal with the world.

I've never been supercritical about my body.

I really do want to have a child.

Somehow when I express my voice, I feel that much more vulnerable. For instance, if I used the wrong word, or if I said something and somebody could take the word and misinterpret it.

I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.

My heart is full and my weapon is clean.

Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact.

Nobody is going to pretend that I am younger than I am. Apart from anything else, it is in the papers all the damn time - every time I have a birthday.

I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.

People have misconceptions about Marilyn Manson, of course, but they can think what they want.

[Donald trump] is moved from the enemy being Barack Obama, now gone, fading is Hillary Clinton, and there is no question he's chosen the enemy.

The guys on the ground are the guys I care about. I've had the most satisfaction telling their stories. But when you're in combat with somebody, yes, a bond does grow.

I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.

Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding,Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West,That fearest nor sea rising, nor sky clouding,Whither away, fair rover, and what thy quest?

Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.