When I stopped doing ballet, I started training in the pool. I would do my barre exercises in the water, because that prevents injuries.

Sometimes when I get home after a long day, I'll turn on music - I love Latin, disco, and pop - and do my own workout, even if it's a short one. Know a good song to work out to? 'I Will Survive.

Just because no one has been fortunate enough to realize how wonderful you are, doesnt mean you shine any less.

I like pretty conservative guys, good guys. I always look for the qualities I find in my father.

Lying about anything is the cruelest thing in the world you could ever do. Be who you are. Don't try to be someone you're not. It never works.

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

You're not just writing in a vacuum, and then handing it over to someone else to shoot. You're writing, and then getting feedback from the actor and hearing their voice and how they play things.

Personally, I don't tend to go into casting sessions. I try not to have a preconceived notion in my head because it just reduces my options or ability to find someone cool.

I've done other things, but it always seems like my sci-fi projects have been what people respond to the most, because those fans are extraordinary, so passionate.

The number one thing I look for in a man is integrity. A man who does what he says he's going to do.

I still dance, probably three times a week, unless I'm working on a crazy job, and then I just don't have any free time at all.

While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.

Do not dump your woes upon people — keep the sad story of your life to yourself. Troubles grow by recounting them.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something.

And anyway, I suspect he secretly liked it when a woman was cold and distant

A man who never trusts himself never trusts anyone.

The way forward for Africa is investment.

Throw in the towel right off the bat. Women argue in ways that aren't rational to men.

Some women want the strong silent type, so they can tell him to shut up and rearrange the furniture.

Imagine the world we would live in if we dared to see all of life as sacred - unconditionally.