After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.

We never do Valentine's dinner, because everybody, they look. On Valentine's, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Like, everybody's going to say, 'Did they talk? Did they hold hands?' Twenty years. We've been married twenty years!

Change makes you find your calling, your legacy, and God's divine plan for your life. Don't run from it.

I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different.

I'm always criticised by other Somalis and Muslims for what I'm doing as a model and married to a white man and all that.

I have a 15-year-old daughter who thinks that I always had this self confidence that I have now at the age of 60. And I always tell her that what she is going through - the low self-esteem as a teenager - that is a right of passage.

As I always said: I fell in with David Jones. I did not fall in love with David Bowie.

I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren't allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It's very restricting, especially for girls; we're not allowed to go anywhere.

When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.

I was a very nerdy child. I never fit in, so I became laboriously studious.

At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line.

I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace.

When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.

I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.

People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.

I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.

I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones.

The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.

There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.

I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.

I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts.

The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.

I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.

There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.

My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.

I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.

My given name was Zahra, which is the 'flower of the desert.' I don't look anything like the flower of the desert. My name was changed by my grandfather to Iman, which means 'have faith.' And it meant to have faith that a daughter would come.

I tell all my younger friends, 'Don't be afraid of change. That is when you truly see what your destiny is.'

When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl.

I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.

The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me.

Nobody has ever said to me that I was pretty, 'til I met Peter Beard.

Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.

I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.'

I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.

I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me.

I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.

I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.

We are very private, so we decided from early on that we will keep the press and editors and everybody out of our house.

I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do.

My father... gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me.