One thing my parents always taught me was to maximize my options.

Race, to me, is a very blurry thing.

Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.

If you tell me that the sky is red, I will look up.

Actors are no strangers to self-doubt, fear, and rejection.

Sometimes, growing up, I tried to be very Latina; I would change my voice... experiment with my hair a lot, trying to figure out who I was in a primarily white school.

I was always involved in the arts from a young age. I started studying classical piano at age four as a student of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music.

Obviously I would love to work with all these great directors like the Coen Brothers, Tarantino. Robert Rodriguez is a dream director of mine.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

It's like I am glimpsing the possibility of living in a different way. I wonder whether it would be an easier life - less choked with misunderstandings and disappointment.

If a site is done with pleasure and a fun attitude, it's a great way to communicate with your fans.

I don't write with any audience in mind. I just write. I take a chance on the audience. That's what I did originally, and I think it's worked--in the sense that I find there is an audience.

Where books are burnt, men finish up being burnt too.

A Mocking Bird regularly resorts to the south angle of a chimney top and salutes us with sweetest notes from the rising of the moon until about midnight.

Because of what's going on with the economy, I think women are realizing that maybe they don't need a closet full of clothes. They just need the right clothes.

You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not a good thing for young kids.