I don't just want to catch some guy and have a bunch of kids. I want to make something of myself.

There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.

I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!

Never lose hope, and if you can, find the courage to love again.

I have a few obsessions in life, and one is shoes!

I decided I would never do interviews again.

In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.

You can’t move ahead until you bury the past.

I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

Never lend your car keys to someone you gave birth to.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.