“When I’m walking along in the street, I always feel that around the corner, there is something wonderful waiting for me. That’s my attitude.”

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.

I know how to say ‘no’ in twelve languages. That’s enough for a woman.

A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

And as I walk round the park I always think, ‘Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.’ I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within. It is something that is in you or it isn’t and it really doesn’t have much to do with breasts or thighs or the pout of your lips.

I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.

As far as beauty is concerned, in order to be confident we must accept that the way we look and feel is our own responsibility.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Transformation is something I cannot explain – too much analysis might destroy it.

You can always dream. Life is full of dreams that you can fulfill.

Many people think they want things, but they don’t really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.

It’s necessary to have an energy that carries you forward. You need the will to live, to have a great curiosity. To look for the best in life, to find new interests.

There’s no pleasure in working if you don’t do the things you want to do.

I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.

I shall not grow conservative with age.

All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.