Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I'd rather not belong to.

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.

There is no real security except for whatever you build inside yourself.