The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.
Janice Dickinson
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 have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.
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.
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.
I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.
Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.
Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.
Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.
And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.
The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.
Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.
I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.
Hey, I fool the camera. I'm a liar, a magician.
Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.
Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.
Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.
I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.
I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.
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.
If you think I'm over-the-top, I am.
I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.
Without gay men, I am nothing.
I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.
Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.
In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.
I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head.
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 grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.
I find the light and work it, work it, work it.
I have a very vivid imagination.
Everyone steals from something or someone.
I borrow bits from everyone.
I was shaped by my mistakes.
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'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.
I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.
As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.
I'm not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me.
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.
