I wanted to be a film and television writer and producer.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.

I've learned that exercise alone is not enough to stay healthy - it's a whole lifestyle.

What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.

I mean, I'm not unhappy, but there's still so much I want to do.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.

Love is the time and space where "I" give myself the right to be extraordinary.

Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about a story or a character or life or the world. That's where magic stuff happens.

Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings.