“Men rarely settle; they won’t wife up someone they don’t feel is worthy of them. A woman can persistently chase a man, and he may sleep with her, but it’ll never make him love her. Yet a guy that a woman’s not interested in can hound her, and if he’s persistent enough, he’ll wear her down. Women are more malleable. Yet, we’re still the smarter sex. Men can’t handle the truth about women—that we can be as noncommittal, manipulative, and promiscuous as they are.”

—Amerie, whose fourth album In Love and War dropped this week, talks to Complex magazine about cheating and “wanting space.” [Complex.com]

“I love the smell of diapers; I even like when they’re wet and you smell them all warm like a baked good.”

— Sarah Jessica Parker takes a break from filming the “Sex and the City” sequel to dish with ELLE about her twin baby girls, Loretta and Tabitha, who were delivered by a surrogate earlier this year. Her babies’ diapers smell like baked goods? Huh, I suddenly understand why SJP is so skinny!  [via MSNBC.com]

“When I came home from filming he was excited. He enjoys having both: the extra meat to grab when it’s there and the tight stomach when that’s there…he’s never been critical.”

—Fergie on how her husband, Josh Duhamel, reacted when she gained weight for her role in the movie “Nine” in Cosmopolitan. This week, a stripper told the tabloids that she had a fling with Josh while he was married to the Black Eyed Peas’ singer. [Just Jared]

“I peaked at 12. There are so many photos from that time where I look unbearably awkward. I’d just be looking in random directions and stuff.”

—Robert Pattinson on his modeling roots in Harper’s Bazaar [ONTD]

“When I was only three years old, my mom enrolled me in the first grade. My older brother was supposed to start school, but he didn’t want to go alone, so my mom told them I was six since I was so tall. But after a few weeks, they said they would have to put me in mentally disabled classes because I wasn’t up to pace with the rest of the kids. They thought that I was slow because all I wanted to do was sleep while the other kids were doing their projects. (laughs) So my mom took me out of school.

—Blake Lively in Marie Claire promoting “The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee” [Marie Claire]

“I’ve explored obsession. I’ve explored loss and love in terms of being in a grief-stricken place, I’ve explored strange sexual fetish stuff, I’ve explored the mundane aspect of marriage, and monogamy.”

—Nicole Kidman speaks to British GQ about her relationships, adding that her current marriage to Keith Urban is not mundane, saying:

“It’s a very extraordinary, adventurous place to be: incredibly raw, incredibly dangerous and you’re very much out at sea. You’re exposed. You could drown.”

Sounds ... stable. Of her marriage to Tom Cruise, Kidman says this:

“I want to honor that marriage for what it was, and there is nothing I would go into about that. I have never discussed the intricacies of it and I never will.”

[via Daily Mail]

“I felt completely rancid! With the music industry, it’s very like ‘Oh, she’s got a hair out of place! Go fix it!’ You know what I mean? And so this was such a liberating experience and yet humiliated me. But I needed that. We all need that. We all need to understand how to be humble, and it’s a difficult business to do that in.” [People]

—Mariah Carey, on her uber-unglamorous role as a social worker in the movie “Precious.” Seriously, it wasn’t until the second time I saw the trailer that I even realized it was her.

“[Robert Pattinson’s character in “Twilight”] is actually a really good parallel to fame. As a vampire, he has a sad, desolate life—fame is the same. [...] I don’t want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie. Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I’m an actor. It’s bizarre to me that everybody’s so obsessive.”

— Kristen Stewart tells BlackBook what she really thinks about fame.

“I can’t walk down 5th Avenue without being treated like a rock star. In fact maybe it’s more than a rock—many times I’ve walked down 5th Avenue with rock stars and nobody pays attention to them. It’s very strange.”

—Roberto Cavalli [Wallpaper via Fashion Indie]

“I think if you look uncomfortable, you don’t look good. And that’s something you see in a lot of people, like running down the street in these awful shoes. And I’m just like, ‘You know, you don’t have any swagger! You look crazy! Just wear flats!’”

—Singer Beth Ditto talks about her unique style, growing up in Arkansas, and why she wants to look like a clown

“You know, there is no penis or vagina in a fabric. Like, why is chiffon women’s and why is it not men’s? I don’t know.”

—Duckie Brown menswear designer Steven Cox on his confusion over people assigning genders to fabric types. Why can’t men wear tulle anyway?! [The Cut]

“If I don’t want to put on underwear because I’m wearing a dress and don’t want you to see the panty lines, I don’t have a choice. I have to wear underwear. If I get caught not wearing underwear, after I’ve made fun of [Britney and Lindsay] who flash their hot pocket for the camera, then I’m the a**hole. So ... for the time being I own a lot of panties. If necessary, I’ll wear three or four pairs at once just to be safe.

—Chelsea Handler in Playboy

“I don’t want to get bored. I can bore out pretty easily, so I love intellectual men ... people that will always keep me intrigued…. And, you know, I love artistic men—somebody that really understands their art.”

—Jessica Simpson on what she looks for in a man. An intellectual artiste, huh? Well, that explains what she saw in Nick Lachey. [PopEater]

“I would not have become a supermodel in 2009. I look too healthy.”

—Supermodel Cindy Crawford disses the 100-lb models who are en vogue right now. But what we really want to know is how kind would modeling agents of 2009 be to facial moles? [Telegraph UK]

“We have purposefully ignored the mean spirited, malicious and untrue attacks on our family. We, like many, are appalled at the inflammatory statements being made or implied. Trig is our ‘blessed little angel’ who knows it and is lovingly called that every day of his life. [...] Consider the source ... Those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention.”

—Sarah Palin responds to comments Levi Johnston made on CBS’s “The Early Show” yesterday that she has referred to her infant son, Trig, who has Down syndrome, as “retarded.” [via People.com]

“I’ve always laughed at actresses who complain about having to do sexy roles when they’re starting out. Who are they kidding? That’s the key to getting attention and moving on to better things. ... I grew up with this rebellious streak of not wanting to conform. I was sent to this strict Christian school that I hated and we were all told that the theory of evolution was wrong and sex was wrong. It was a nightmare. ... Women are supposed to project their sexuality yet there’s this strange stigma when it comes to talking about sex. I’m not afraid to say how much I enjoy sex. I’m not shy.”

—Megan Fox to the U.K.‘s Skymag [ShowbizSpy]

“It’s no shock that Shauna basically gave her seal of approval on the tape. She will probably try to get producing and directing credit as well. I hear it’s pretty hardcore and she does all her own stunts too! There has never really been much of a difference between Shauna and a blowup doll… Cheap, mostly plastic and a head full of air. She is pure trash.”

—Shayne Lamas on her former stepmother, Shauna Sand, whose sex tape is being released soon. Shayne, as you may recall, “won” the heart of British “Bachelor” Matt Grant, but they broke up (shocker), and now she appears on the classiest of TV shows, “Leave it to Lamas,” with her father Lorenzo Lamas and her siblings. Also, her mother does wicked fierce makeup. [Dlisted]

“I’ve done enough years on TV that I feel like it’s a normal, comfortable, natural place to be. I’d love to be in a movie at some point, I’d love to be the voice of a cartoon character in a movie for my kids. I think that would be fun.”

— Kate Gosselin answered “any and all reasonable questions” on last night’s episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” When a viewer asked if she wanted to ever marry again, Kate replied:

“To be honest, I don’t know. I really don’t want to be married again, but I don’t want to be alone. The alone-ness is really alone.”

Who knew you could feel so alone with eight kids under your thumb? [via People.com]

“I read Sex and the Single Girl and Sex and the Office before [both written by former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief, Helen Gurley Brown, in 1962 and 1965, respectively] — not before the pilot, because I didn’t know about it at that point — but after the pilot, and before we started season one. They were huge inspirations. I started turning down pages of things that I thought would be useful or relevant, and then I realized every single page was turned down. [Laughs] Tons of great tidbits that, you know, even if no one else catches them or something, that I’m thinking of.  ... Like the way you prepare your desk. Making sure there are little candies out because that’s enticing. Making sure that your slip shows just a tiny, tiny bit when you’re sitting down because that’s alluring.”

— Christina Hendricks, the actress who plays Joan Holloway on “Mad Men,” on where she gathered inspiration for the role. Read more of her thoughts on Joan in a great interview with New York magazine’s Vulture blog.

“My brother’s movie ‘This Is It’ is truly riveting. Michael is electrifying! We get a glimpse of a true genius at work. His passionate message for healing the world, saving the planet and our children’s futures is something he was always striving for in his lifetime.”

— Jackie Jackson, one of Michael’s older brothers, gushes about “This Is It,” the movie about Michael’s final days, which opens late tomorrow night. Many of the Jackson clan, including matriarch Katherine, have no plans to see the movie any time soon, saying they need a little more distance before watching it. What about you? Will you watch “This Is It”? [via TMZ]