I looked at people like Lil Wayne. I would go to the studio and I would observe Wayne, and I would literally pray. I would say 'God, give me his work ethic'.

Lavender is the new pink. I'll never stop wearing pink but I wanted to venture out.

True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.

People will love you and support you when it's beneficial.

You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition.

Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can't handle my worst, you ain't getting my best

You're not gonna tell me who I am. I'm gonna tell you who I am.

Refuse to lose, Refuse to be defeated, Refuse to have regrets.

Still I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my haters tell em hi

Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined

Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater.

Anything can happen in love, war and South Inidan movies.

As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.

To be honest with you, I dont male-bash. I dont believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen in life.

Everyone has at least one story that will stop your heart.

I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.

This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.

I'm not really good at hiding pain or taking something and transforming it into something good.

Seems to me that there is no better way to experience the depth of loss than after the fact. No more powerful instrument of imbuing value in an object than parting with it.