Janice dickinson quotes

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it's shifted.

This alpha dog is not going to take it lying down next time.

I borrow bits from everyone.

Reinvention is the key to surviving this fashion industry. Madonna is the perfect example of reinvention. She has taken something that is so little and turned herself into a legend by simply never staying the same.

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me -and I love to live life at full throttle.

Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends.

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.

I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.

I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down.

Everyone steals from something or someone.

I started Botox the first year it came out. I was the first one in line, and I have had Botox every six months since then.

And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.

Phil Spector is probably a better date than Roman Polanski.

I became a cover girl and an editorial model, and then I became a runway model.

Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day.

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.

Every six months I fly to Dallas to get botox and I also get collagen injections.

Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way.

I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.

I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.

Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.

Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.

My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.

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'm addicted to cosmetic surgery!

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've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.

In my day, I, being the first supermodel, I hawked everything.

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.

Hey, I fool the camera. I'm a liar, a magician.

Without gay men, I am nothing.

I have a very vivid imagination.

As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.

People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.

I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.

I was hot and I knew it and it went to my head.

I'm not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me.

What's my motto when it comes to money? Don't put so much emphasis on 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.

But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.

Back in the day I was doing runway, editorial, advertising, spokesmodeling, and public appearances. Those are five different categories.

I've been the queen of dysfunction and made every mistake one can make.

I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.

The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.

If you think I'm over-the-top, I am.

I find the light and work it, work it, work it.

I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.

I can wrap my legs around my neck.