Jill Scott Girl Quotations

A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.

Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.

I'm the girl that waits for the director to say, 'I like that,' or 'Can you boost it up?,' or 'Can you pull it down?' I'm that kind of actor. I started in theater, so that's the feedback that I'm accustomed to. It's the feedback that I really thrive off of.

For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have - a father in the house with them while growing up or a big butt? I tell you 86 percent of the time, girls say a big butt because it gets them further.

Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black girl's perspective, and the imagery was so vivid that I started doing spoken word.