No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dreams that you wish will come true.
I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.
When I'm down on energy, I have these superfoods powders with supergreens, algae, spirulina, and wheat germ extract. Sometimes I have a course of vitamins. For example, in autumn I'm going to start shots of B12 and biotin. For me this is really important because I travel so much. My lifestyle is quite challenging and this is something that supplements me before winter starts, which is a difficult time for your body.
We all have our own purpose in life and I feel very strongly that I have a bigger purpose than giving to just my immediate family and friends.
My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
Three years in jail is a good corrective for three years at Harvard.
John Hughes loved improvisers.
The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.
I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.