Quotes from Janice Dickinson

I was in that dark, self-destructive place. I was up one minute, down the next. Soaring and crashing and crashing and soaring; the roller coaster from hell.

I am anxious. I am always anxious. I should change my name to Anxiety Dickinson. I am anxious about my little sister. My big sister. My mother. Myself. Life. I am anxious about what to wear, what to eat, what to say, how to breathe.

I was in awe of him. I didn't speak; I listened.

I was in awe of him. I didn't speak; I listened. He was flawless.

Phil Spector is probably a better date than Roman Polanski.

needed to be wanted. I couldn't go on without being wanted. And I couldn't stop thinking about that little bitch at the restaurant. I used to be that woman, I thought. I used to be the one who turned heads. Now…Christ…I was becoming invisible.

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

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

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

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.

The idea of the extreme makeover is disturbing.

I've been fooling the public for years and I'm really good at it.

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

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

Without gay men, I am nothing.

I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.

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

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

I'm probably the biggest reality television star living.

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

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

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

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

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