“In fact, I don’t read newspapers any longer.”

Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue… and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

The word reality scared me. I just looked at reality as everybody follows me around with a camera, and I’m not that kind of person. I fought for my privacy in England. And I didn’t see another way it could be done.

It’s a new challenge to see how people can change your look. I like words like transformation, reinvention, and chameleon. Because one word I don’t like is predictable.

Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don’t like to lose, and if I’m told ‘no’, then I find another way to get my ‘yes.’

I look at modeling as something I’m doing for black people in general.

I don’t get depressed. When I feel an attack, I withdraw. I disappear, I replenish, and then I come back.

The chocolate and crisps come in at times. You have to allow the little things that make you happy. I’m not extreme about what I eat.

I work very hard and I’m worth every cent.

If I’m wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear?

My features are completely ethnic.

I was born in London and raised in Rome until I was 4. Then we went back to London, where I went to school.

I like to control everything, and you cannot control everything. You have to at some point say, ‘I let go and I’m going to let the cards fall where they fall; For a #‎ controlfreak , it’s hard.

[Castro is] a source of inspiration to the world.

I’m not going to wallow in self-pity and not live my life. There are always going to be some falls in life for everybody, no matter what career you have. You have to roll with the punches and keep going.

I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.

The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.

My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.