“In Positano, I like the San Pietro Hotel, which is run by a friend whose family has owned the hotel for more than 100 years.”

For many years I enjoyed the pleasure of cruising on my yacht all summer long and these were my best holidays. In mid-May, we’d start in St Tropez. I’d collect my bikinis from my home there and then we’d go up to Cannes for the Film Festival, on to Monte Carlo for the Grand Prix and then to Italy.

There’s nothing my housekeeper does that I can’t do – and maybe better!

I feel young at heart, and I feel, like, you know, 40.

Ladies, you have to be strong and independent, and remember, don’t get mad, get everything.

Family is the root of all that is good in our lives, and I am so grateful for mine.

You have to have the common sense.

I like to live. I like to dance. I like to eat. I like to work and I like my family. I like to enjoy. And knock on wood it’s nice that I can live this way.

Believe in yourself in all you can do and for you, the deals will start to work in your favor. You need to be open to such deals, and they will come, I assure you.

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing something, accomplishing something, making a life change, a lifestyle change?

We think about all of our tomorrows, but we don’t know how many there are, so let’s start making the most of our Todays!

Don’t get mad. Get everything. – (on divorce).

I would rather be a babysitter than a nursemaid.

For example, if I make money, I put it in real estate. I always did very well. Location, location, location.

Generally, I think America is America. America has been through suffering like other countries, but America will come up. I have no doubt. It’s just going to bounce. You know, you have ups and downs.

Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.

Gorgeous hair is the best revenge.

Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.

I believe in God, family, and McDonald’s. And in the office, that order is reversed.

I’m trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it’s not just them at war – it’s also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

I would love to go to India. And also someday, I want to have a family. That’s my bucket-list.

You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.

I come from a middle-class family, but we are open-minded people.

People will laugh at me, but when they ask me to make a wish for the next life, I will say I want the same parents, same brother and sister, same wife, same friends.