You know in that moment of Disney when Ariel gets legs for the first time? I felt like that. I was like, 'I've got legs.'

I like to mix and match vintage with designer. It's how I create my own style.

I've never been an all-black girl. I like pinks and blues and greens. If you come over to my closet, you'll be able to find a rainbow of things to wear.

I waited for my first kiss.

I guess there's a part of you that always wants to try something a little bit different than what you’ve done before.

One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.

What I like is a life that is full of surprises and [that has] no routine.

I like when the song starts to take over and you feel like you have to dance more than write.

Life's too much fun to have it go in just one direction.

For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.

I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.

I think sports makes for good drama because it has all the same ingredients as anything worth reading or listening to or watching. Conflict, desire, heartbreak - it's all there.

If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States.

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want to go in commenting on current work.

Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.

Each step along the Buddha's path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.

Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

That was clearly a tackle aimed at getting revenge - or maybe it was just out-and-out retribution.

When she was rested. she'd find a way to escape. It was the duty of the captive, wasn't it?

Eating together happily can best be crowned by the vegetarian foods.