 Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve. |
| Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at. |
| Without gay men, I am nothing. |
| I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy. |
| Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day. |
| The secrets almost killed me. I kept the secret of incest. |
| I can wrap my legs around my neck. |
| I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample. |
| I have a very vivid imagination. |
| And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut. |
| I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled. |
| People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. |
| I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head. |
| I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about. |
| I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world. |
| Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections. |
| Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey. |
| I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age. |
| I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way. |
| But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked. |
