I definitely understood the feeling of moving to Los Angeles and having a dream to be an actor in films and to get to be a part of things that I loved and inspire people in some way.

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.

I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.

I think a lot of people compare their insides to other people’s outsides.

I have a checkered past. I'll take any eyeliner that comes my way.

It doesn't matter what you do. It matters who you are.

You're only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake.

I'm into grilled cheese. Grilled cheese makes me feel beautiful!

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks.

I'm never saying never - I'm saying I'm not about to.

Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about where we shall land, but rather on the belief that we shall land.

It takes an aeon to shift position, get comfortable, let alonecreate a wave in this fishbowl full of glue.- from the poem 'Critical Mass

The only instance where five purely-negative words had had a highly positive, motivational impact are Winston Churchill's, "Never, Never, Never, Never Give-up.

A slight concussion of the brain simplifies matters so beautifully.("Three O'Clock")

On the wall of Amshad's office there was a poster that made me laugh: DO NOT GIVE ME A BANGLE, GIVE ME A PEN. Well-meaning charities often train illiterate slum women to make cheap trinkets.

No, the United States does not target civilians.

I will never step foot in the Octagon

The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.

You know what? I didn't mess up about Paul Revere... In a shout-out, gotcha type of question that was asked of me, I answered candidly. And I know my American history.

What has been the effect of [religious] coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.