C.S. O'Kelly Quotes

I don't allow the industry or anybody to put me in a box. I did that for a minute and I was like, 'I can't do this anymore.'

Holiday traditions in my family are really it's all about the kids.

I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.

I don't get hit on enough.

I did live over in the U.K. for a while, so I guess I'm just naturally a Brit at heart.

I remember going to Europe and one makeup artist made me look pink, then she tried to correct it but turned me green! I had to learn how to do my own makeup.

I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own.

I actually crashed the car I learned to drive on. It was a friend of mine's car.

I felt like there was a void in the marketplace in girl groups. Musically, there is something truly exciting about harmonies in one song. A group has more to offer.

You're only as strong as your weakest member; you're only as positive as your most negative friend

I'm kind of a germ freak. When I get on a plane, I spray my seat and everything with Lysol Disinfectant Spray.

I love food so much, all I have to do is look at it and I gain 5 pounds.

I love finding new talent, to be completely honest, and my opportunity that I got to do 'X Factor U.K.' was just incredible. I will never forget it.

I love doing collaborations - it's always good to do something that's out the box.

I love a nicely groomed guy who smells good. That's important.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger!

I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like.

I love a guy that can be emotional and get in touch with his feminine side. It's really sweet. It says a lot about a man to me.

I just love clothes! I'm a girl who loves clothes, accessories, shoes, bags and jewelry.

I think it's really important to know what you're putting into your body and give it nourishment.

I ain't gonna get this, it's a horror movie, it's hard to act scared.

Honesty, like my mama always says, is always the best policy.

Argh... I could be better with my time. I like to be punctual, but I could be better.

For right now, it really is the end. Hopefully in 10 years we'll all be married and have babies.

Every penny from Gossip Girl, my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children.

It has never ever been a bad thing in Hollywood to be sleeping with a director who's just won an Oscar or the hot new movie star whose face is on the cover of 'Time' magazine.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently its the most difficult thing in the world.

Fatherhood isn't always a planned thing, but when it happens you just do it. It's very natural and in that sense it's not really difficult.

Love is hearing my son laugh.

Being barefoot makes me feel vulnerable.

I am a musical-theater nut. When the lyrics, orchestration, and performance all come together just right, I come alive and can feel every cell in my body.

We are all connected in love.

I've learned that nobody is either all good or all evil. We all make mistakes, but we all are also capable of accomplishing extraordinary things.

I love every aspect of the performing arts and can't imagine myself doing anything different. I give my heart to every project.

I was a cheerleader growing up, so I can relate to that!

I like to make people laugh, and I definitely think laughter is healing. It's one of my favorite thing to do, so I'm attracted to it for many reasons.

I love the show tunes; I love all of them.

I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles.

I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.

One of the things about comics is people can linger on images and words as long as they want.

I guess I am conscious of my weaknesses, and I think pacing is probably my biggest. I don't know if I think the clarity thing is actually a weakness. It was a stylistic choice.

My husband makes fun of me, because I know I can use strong prose to jazz-hand my way through plot that isn't as interesting as I'd like it to be.

I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.

My creator owned books sell better than my mainstream books. And that makes no sense.

Having my brain doing different work is helping me a lot in terms of retro-feeding from the other experiences. It makes me feel inspired, looking forward to the projects and wanting to work harder.

The reader is not the customer. The retailer is the customer. So I try to have as much interaction with the retailers as possible because those are my customers.

I don't think we're supposed to say [expletive deleted] anymore.

I am just a curious gal who is continuing to be curious.

Once I've designed something, I immediately move on to the next thing.