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What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

In 'Growing Stronger,' I expose my most painful moments and open my heart, thoughts and person, so that my experiences can inspire alleviation, consolation and decisiveness.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.

I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me.

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.

I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.

My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion.