There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.

Curvy is something to be proud of.

Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.

I'm not interested in what other people are doing. That's their business.

I'm really into food; it's one of my favourite things - everything from potato waffles to lobster.

My denim jacket had 'I love GNR' and 'I love AC/DC' written all over it, but I always came back to swing.

There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.

All the things that I find beautiful have a darkness about them.

I enjoy being a girl.

You feel a sense of elation seeing yourself on a billboard.

I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.

The child accepts role models of parental behavior unconsciously and without thinking

Integrity is the soul of leadership! Trust is the engine of leadership!

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Bet you've never had a bear down your pants before. Though I'm kind of a bear in bed. (Rick from Back to Basics)

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.

The dance lives in all mankind as a necessary motor-rhythmic expression of excess energy and the joy of living.

The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean.

I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time

My idea of a good novel was one you made enough money out of to buy a greenhouse.