When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable.

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.

It's very liberating to cut your hair.

I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it.

I love the fact that my hair has a life of its own.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

When I first cut my hair short, I was trying for a mix of Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. The photo I took to my hairdresser was Jean Seberg in Breathless. I said, 'Make me look like this.'

I was a suburban kid who fancied myself somehow intellectual. I was into punk rock but I couldn't get into the subcultural signifiers of dyed hair, safety pins and torn denim. Being a punk seemed like a new set of rules that I wasn't interested in having to follow.

You let the hair down, and that's when the wild man comes out.

I dyed my hair blonde when I was 13 because I wanted to be like my mum and my gran, who both have blonde hair.

I, personally, like to get dressed and then do my makeup and hair in about five minutes.

I think I'd like my hair to be perfect.

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

There's no white comic that sells tickets to black people like me. They're going to get their hair done, get a new outfit, and come out to see a white dude.

I love hair, I love make up, I love fashion, and I love throwing the shot put.

Bob Dylan's not a hype and a haircut: he's the real thing.

It's going to take me less time to wreck Ben Shapiro than it took me to curl my hair.

I enjoy flitting around between hair colours. I find it fascinating when people think I'm naturally blonde, as I've only been blonde for about two seconds. People pay more attention to you as a blonde; it's also easier for people to assume you're a ditsy young actress. Of course, I am a ditsy young actress - well, maybe not ditsy.

I love getting dressed up for red carpet events and having my hair and makeup done professionally - that definitely helps with nerves of going down the red carpet.