Alana Stewart

“I used to think that divorce meant failure, but now I see it more as a step along the path of self-realization and growth.”

“I do get up in the morning and I try to spend at least half an hour meditating and reading something spiritual. I start my day with meditation and prayer, and I truly believe that all the stuff you do on the outside isn't as important as what you do on the inside.”

“I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer. I have had to pull it out a few times when I have heard noises at night, but I've never had to use it.”

“I'm not searching for that magical Daddy, but I would like to find a partner in life, because I feel like finally I know what love is and what love isn't.”

“Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.”

“I don't regret either of my marriages - not for a minute.”

“One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was to be brutally honest, particularly about myself.”

“Being friends with anyone for 30 years is no easy task - people change, they drift apart, they move on.”

“Personal trials are the great equalizer that continues to draw public fascination.”

“I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then, later on, I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all. When you have the ability to live that life, to some extent you find out that they don't have any magic cure for everything.”

“I wish I had been a better mother and a more compassionate and understanding wife in both of my marriages.”

“People might have the impression I had an easy life, but it's been anything but that.”

“For all of her influence on popular culture, and the remarkable performances she left behind, perhaps Farrah Fawcett's greatest legacy was her raw, intimate, honest portrait of a woman fighting for her life - against cancer.”

“I grew up poor and used to look at people in big houses and thought they had everything. Then later on I looked at models in magazines and thought they had it all.”

“It bothers me when the Hollywood elite are all so against people having guns and want rigorous gun restrictions.”

“In my life, there have been people that I was convinced would be around forever, and yet, somehow they managed to drift away after a couple of years. Likewise there have been people who have begun as casual acquaintances but become more important with each passing year.”

“Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress.”

“I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about that. Some people eat when they are stressed. I don't eat enough.”

“I've elected to age gracefully.”

“I've aged well because I've had to take care of myself.”