I try not to have too many opinions; I just marvel at the world we live in.

No matter how you look, we all hurt the same, cry the same, and feel joy the same.

I'm an extremist. Either I'm being healthy and organic, or I want a big, juicy In-N-Out burger, I want it all now! It sure makes me happy.

The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that's happened to me.

If you have the capacity to love, you have the capacity to love anyone.

I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.

When people have eating disorders, they can't actually see what they truly look like because they're so clouded with their emotions.

The deeper you dig, the bigger the possibility that something could happen.

I don't try to intellectualize characters too much. But I always think of the audience. I always make sure that my characters are likeable.

Sometimes I do yoga, sometimes it's kickboxing, sometimes it's weight training, sometimes it's Pilates.

We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally.

The day Blink-182 announced their hiatus, I felt as if a part of me died.

I've never taken a role where I don't like a person on the page.

I'm trying to do what Frank O'Hara did and remind myself there there's a lot of good stuff. I write about New York for my own mental health.

I don't wish my career on anyone.

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.

The length of your days does not belong to you.

I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.

There may be always a time of innocence. There is never a place.

Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.