"I've been every size under the rainbow and my sense of style never left me, but my options did."

ACTRESS MELISSA MCCARTHY on why she has started her own clothing line

"I'm not entirely sure what brooding is, other than a chicken sitting on her eggs. So I'm not entirely sure why that's considered an attractive trait."

ACTOR ROBERT PATTINSON playing down his brooding presence

"You go through various stages as a writer in relation to public acceptance and reviewing. At my stage, I think people are just quite surprised that I'm still alive, so they're nice to me."

WRITER MARGARET ATWOOD, 75