I see lots of women having beautiful children later in life. And, if not, just freeze your eggs!

It’s important to be fearless yet vulnerable. It takes courage to do both.

I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage.

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

I don't really believe in diets. I love food... If I deprive myself, I'm going to want it more. I snack on yogurt, raw cashews and cherry tomatoes.

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you’re not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy.

When I go onstage, I kind of turn into a beast sometimes, this alter-ego, you know.

I've always had a fighter's spark in me. I was born with it. I think it's in my blood.

It takes time to really understand your body shape and it's taken me years to know what I can and can't pull off.

Once you stay true to just having a good time and being honest to your fans and your audience, you can't go wrong.

Bak stood a moment, as though considering whether the sum total of their shared working life was ending in a minus or a plus.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

It is foolish to reply on people who can betray and fail you in time of trouble. Only God is our reliable help and protection

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.

I think my music's kind of cold, but I don't know if it's related to the weather. It might be because it's always grey [in Montreal], it's very depressing.

It's a dangerous business, going out your door.

Once you put bacon into a salad it's no longer a salad, it just becomes a game of find the bacon in the lettuce. It's like you're panning for gold, hmmmmm, EUREKA!

I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up with black folks.'

I became a passionate seeker of childbirth knowledge.

Any literature, when it arrives at being good literature, transcends genre.