My No. 1 hobby and interest is being a mom. It's something that makes me passionate, you know?

I love babies. I could take care of them for all the days of my life and I'd be happy. It is for sure passion No. 1.

I feel like having a positive attitude in life is going to change the world. If we could all have a good attitude, we could really make a change.

Women should have the same rights and respect and paychecks and everything, you know, they're human beings.

I feel like I'm just a woman like every woman. We have our doubts, which is better, because I always prefer to stay humble about everything.

As a model, you really get to work everywhere in the world. You get a little bit of this, a little bit of that.

As soon as you talk about something that hasn't happened yet, it's bad luck.

Become disinterested in your pain and suffering. Only then can you make space for your longstanding joy.

Sometimes when you dig deep into the past, you shed uncontrollable tears.

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

What's wrong with selfishness and egotism? We live to die smiling, don't we?

I look at music now as just something to keep you relevant.

To be perfectly honest the old habits, specifically deadlines, still very much inform what I do. I am brutally disciplined about getting manuscripts in on time.

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.