I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!

A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

I've always been extremely physically active.

I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

If you're a fighter, you recognize a fighter.

I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is part of the reason I started to write.

People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so.

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.

You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.

My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I always think I look so different.

Family is what grounds you.

The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.

Music is what feelings sound like out loud.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

I was always the girl who had that baby face.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.

Hope you're pleased with the crumbs she throws you.

Crimes generally punish themselves.

No risk? Then no danger of losing and finally no thrill in winning.

Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.