My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.

Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.

Once I was chased by the king of all scorpions. I have the most notorious animal stories.

I'm very girly. I love to talk about diets, exercise, kids, make-up.

I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.

It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.

Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.

I am as vulnerable and fragile as it is possible to be. I am shredded to the core. I am at the point where I am stripped bare.

There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one.

He keeps his voice kindly but remote. A cross between a pedagogue, soothsayer, and a benevolent uncle – that should be his tone.

The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.

Do something, by God’s help, to make heaven more full and hell more empty.

I try to be my own player. I really haven't modeled my game after anybody.

...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations

People eyeing you as a potential leader tend to ask three questions: Are you committed? Do you care about me? Can I trust you?

[The Clinton health care initiative is] washed-over old-time bureaucratic liberalism, or centralized bureaucratic socialism.

Simple. Atlantis can't be found." He scoffed at her. " You're the second person to tell me that in less than an hour.

Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.