I know that I don't need anyone else -- male or female -- to make me a complete human being. If romance eventually happens, it happens, but if you're self-sufficient and self-confident enough, the need for it just isn't there. If I do settle down someday, though, it will only be with someone who doesn't want to change or control me in any way. If you don't respect me, I don't want your so-called love.

I don't believe in double standards. If I decided to sleep with a man just because I liked his looks, I wouldn't mind being called a slut. But I think that men who do the same -- sleeping with women just for their looks -- should receive the same label. After all, turnabout is fair play.