Janice Dickinson
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.Collection: Sad
The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.Collection: Future
I have a very vivid imagination.Collection: Imagination
Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.Collection: Mom
Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.
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.
In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.
As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.
If you think I'm over-the-top, I am.
I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.
I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.
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 got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.
And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.
Without gay men, I am nothing.
Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.
I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head.
Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.
Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.
I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.
I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.
I can wrap my legs around my neck.
I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.
I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.
I find the light and work it, work it, work it.
Everyone steals from something or someone.
I borrow bits from everyone.
Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.
I was shaped by my mistakes.
I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.
I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about.
I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.
But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.
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.
Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.
I'm addicted to cosmetic surgery!
My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.
People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on it!
Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day.
Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.
I'm not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me.
I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.
The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.
Hey, I fool the camera. I'm a liar, a magician.
I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.
I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it.
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.
Whatever it takes to make an individual feel better, I'm all for it.