One of my rules about WRITING exercises is you never are allowed to PUT them in your BOOK because it's just too tempting. You try to shoehorn THINGS that don't belong.

I HATE leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I KNOW they help me, and I'm able to move around and don't have knee problems, and my HIP doesn't hurt ANYMORE, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body GOES into convulsions.

In artillery exercises, WOMEN ALWAYS WIN because they're more ACCURATE.

I STILL do cardiovascular exercises, aerobic exercises, and then strength training, as it's IMPORTANT to KEEP your muscle strength, as EVERY decade you LOSE about 10% of this.

I WAKE up in the morning, I do a LITTLE STRETCHING exercises, pick up the HORN and play.

My favorite outdoor activities are running, YOGA, and functional TRAINING. My favorite INDOOR workouts are Pilates, kickboxing, functional training, and a lot of different exercises at the gym with and WITHOUT weights - including TRX.

My POEMS were just KIND of all over the place. They had no FOCUS, no location, nothing. Kind of a SERIES of images that could have been set anywhere. A LOT of the poems were just exercises for myself.

I stayed REALLY physical during my pregnancy. I stuck to my NORMAL pre-pregnancy workout, MINUS the stomach exercises and twisting. I really FELT it helped my WHOLE well-being.

I WORK LEGS, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 PERCENT of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is ESSENTIAL for SUCCESS.

I have GOOD GENES, and I ALSO do LOTS of exercises.

By learning about my BODY and making small, subtle changes, I FIND out what I ENJOY and what is effective. I'm always finessing: adjusting my DIET and my workouts. You have to figure out which exercises are fun and interesting and stimulate your BRAIN - or else you'll never keep at them.

I do a combo of running, weights, and CORE exercises and try to WORK out at LEAST THREE times a week.

To me, WRITING is MUCH freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In DANCE, unless you're GOING to choreograph things yourself, you're at the SERVICE of someone else.

I went to Julliard where they USE a LOT of VOICE and SPEECH exercises.