I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

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.

As I go under, I wonder if there’s a reason for art?

We have a lot of thoughts throughout our entire life, but ultimately we get all to the conclusion of a single thought: Death!

I love playing villains.

Law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.

Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]

There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.

How doe we create the world we want, rather than a world that just happens to us?

Park was never going to love her more than he did on the day they said goodbye. And she couldn’t bear to think of him loving her less.