Quotes from Jennifer Lopez

I can't help but be a different person now that I've had kids. That really does change your whole perspective on life for the better.

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

Puffy produced four of the tracks on the album. Those are the four songs that are collaborations between Puffy and me. And he gives me my space to work even when we work together, like with my producer and my vocal coach.

I watched my parents. My dad worked nights, and I was aware of how much he was doing for us. My mom was a Tupperware lady and also worked at the school. I always felt that I couldn't let them down. And I had a natural discipline from early on. I was always training for something.

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

J. Lo is also an homage to my fans. That's what fans call me on the streets, and I like it. So giving the album this title is my way of telling them that this is for them, in appreciation of their support.

I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.

You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay with somebody else.

If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.

I look to women who epitomize old Hollywood glamour, like Rita Hayworth.

Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.

Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)

I had a healthy appetite [being pregnant]. I got more healthy as time goes on, and they grew. I never let myself go.

I had twins, so it was really uncomfortable [to sleep], because you lay on one side, and there's a baby, and you lay on the other side and there's a baby. So I had a really hard time with it.

For me, love is the never-ending question. It is confusing. It is the answer, but it is also inundated with contradictions and complications.

You have got to love yourself first. You have got to be ok on your own before you can be ok with somebody else. You have got to value yourself and know that you are worth everything.

And I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover.

I love a good lyricist - always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson.

I love a long bath. I love anything creative. I love decorating. I even love just flipping through magazines and vegging out for a while. But I'm also one of those people who loves to work, so I'll sing, dance, work on my next performance, or write whomever it may be about a new idea.

I am a lover. And with my kids I am even softer. I realize with my son, I have to sometimes be tough, especially now when he's pushing boundaries. With my daughter, I can get a little stern with her and she pretty much will listen.

I was into sports and dancing. I ran track. I have a lot of stamina.

When I see Puff in a video kissing someone, it's freaky and I know it's freaky for him to see me do a movie love scene, but as far as him forbidding me to do them, that's bull.

In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'