"Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life."

"Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door."

"Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good."

"Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don't think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night."

"Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion."

"The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important."

"Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion."

"My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's."

"I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence."