To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you to go off and be who you want to be.

Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do.

A girl's got to do what she's got to do to make somebody pay her a compliment. If that means moaning 'til the cows come home, then so be it.

I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.

It's quite nice to have something where you can be a bit naughty if you have a twinkle in your eye and you can get away with things a bit more and that's what 'The Choice' is about.

As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter.

My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.

I love bold, colorful party dresses because they don't need accessories. Just throw one on and you're done.

I hate last-minute shopping, it's always unsuccessful.

I enjoyed school, I was a bit of a square. I did very well in exams. I was quite lucky I was academic.

It's great to admire other people's fashion choices, but I don't think you should idolise anyone.

God did not give us the gospel to convince humanity

How do you make a dimmed light bright again? Remove the interference. How do you increase health in a dis-eased person? The same way!

I will have a largely happier week if I get to do a physical stunt.

I understand that smoking is vaguely inappropriate in certain situations. You know, like an orphanage, cancer ward, whatever.

We are all continually embarking on first drafts, in every aspect of our lives.

I was never big on rage.' 'Why?' "It's so much more angry in my head than it could ever be outside.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.

The slanders of the pen pierce to the heart; they rankle longest in the noblest spirits; they dwell ever present in the mind and render it morbidly sensitive to the most trifling collision.

Any departure from fact is the first step on a slippery slope toward unbelievability.