Quotes

"I just did not have time to sit down and write a book." - When questioned about her use of a ghost writer for her novel "Swan" (1996). Campbell admitted that she wrote almost none of the book.

I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. I work very hard, and I am worth every cent."-December 1999 issue of Playboy

I look at [modeling] as something I'm doing for black people in general.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.

When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then.

[chasting brands that refer to themselves as global but aren't yet in Africa] I'm like, You're not global, you're international. You can't be global if you leave out an entire continent.

[posing nude] I don't feel like when I'm nude that I'm nude. It really depends who I'm shooting for. I could feel totally clothed. It's the concept and the way when it's tastefully done that you don't feel like you're nude. It might have made people think, 'Oh, she really feels comfortable in her skin.' Not necessarily, I didn't. Just because I was not thinking of me Naomi showing myself, I felt I was in some other character...I felt dressed, if you can believe that.