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Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

I have a kind of neutrality, physically, which has helped me. I have a face that can be made to look a lot better - or a lot worse.

I always try to improve, to find new ways of expressing myself, to keep looking for truth and originality.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

What can I say that will make people that are in recovery want to stand up and support Recovery Month? A friend of mine said, 'You know, the fact that you did a really honest book and it changed people's lives, that's something to talk about.'

I'm terribly bad at lying in real life. I flush, look away, do the scratching of the nose, or whatever.