I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so its really confusing.

There are two conflicting philosophies that I love: "Everything happens for a reason," as well as "you can change everything that you have control over."

Week-by-week you grow with your character and it's an interesting challenge.

I'm lucky; my parents have never said to me, "You're a kid, so you just don't know." They say, "How can we discuss the world and learn from these events together?"

I feel like there's no need to put on a heel that's too high. There's nothing cute about wobbling. There's nothing cute about not wanting to dance or walk somewhere because you're in pain.

I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But Im also very preppy naturally.

For me, personally, Im usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting.

I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who I am.

I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm doing is new.

I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album Life Is Good, and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5.

At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing.

We've got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.

the star that I was wishingthe light that I was kissingsitting back and reminiscing that night, it was missing.

Our separation from each other is an optical illusion.

Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours.

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.

Men like to become Christians without crossing racial, linguistic or class barriers

The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad.

The idea is to be healthy, not to wear yourself down or to try and be a twig or change yourself drastically.

Migration gives a blank cheque to put anything you don't feel like addressing in the memory hold. No neighbours can go against the monster narrative of your family.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.