“And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.”

“Aside from my modelling, by the early Nineties I was also starting to work as a photographer, which I loved.”

“Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.”

“Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.”

“But you see, that's the gilded prison of fashion. We're riding in private jets, and meantime I was so incredibly, painfully sad and lonely.”

“Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.”

“Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.”

“Everyone steals from something or someone.”

“Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.”

“Hey, I fool the camera. I'm a liar, a magician.”

“I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.”

“I borrow bits from everyone.”

“I can only speak from my own personal experience, being behind the camera and in front of it, but every magazine cover you see is completely airbrushed.”

“I can wrap my legs around my neck.”

“I don't know why in society when a woman demands perfection she is called crazy.”

“I find the light and work it, work it, work it.”

“I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.”

“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.”

“I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.”

“I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.”

“I have a very vivid imagination.”

“I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.”

“I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.”

“I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.”

“I relax, meditate and do 80 minutes of yoga every day.”

“I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head.”

“I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.”

“I was shaped by my mistakes.”

“I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on.”

“I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.”

“If you think I'm over-the-top, I am.”

“I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.”

“I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.”

“I'm addicted to cosmetic surgery!”

“I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.”

“I'm not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me.”

“In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.”

“I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it.”

“I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.”

“Los Angeles fashion is the Starbucks of the modeling world.”

“Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day.”

“Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.”

“People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.”

“Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.”

“Reinvention is the key to surviving this fashion industry. Madonna is the perfect example of reinvention. She has taken something that is so little and turned herself into a legend by simply never staying the same.”

“Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.”

“The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.”

“The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died.”

“The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.”

“Whatever it takes to make an individual feel better, I'm all for it.”

“What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!”

“Without gay men, I am nothing.”