I went to college because I felt like I was supposed to. I graduated from public high school and I did all the things that I was supposed to do.

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man.

I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley.

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat.

I think that you have to restrain yourself from googling your name and have other hobbies and desires and wants. You do a million things. You go to school, you write, you read, you blog.

Always have a backup plan.

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists.

I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life.

Christian Louboutins are uncomfortable, but I screamed the first time I put on a Pointe Shoe.

I'm still a 'Star Trek' fan. You never stop being one.

It is not great faith but true faith that saves. And the salvation lies not in the faith but in the Christ in whom faith trusts.

Merit karma is a credit amount and demerit karma is a debit amount [owe the amount to repay]. One is free to spend his accumulated amount wherever he wants.

When your dreams are reaching for the stars, there's no point in keeping your feet on the ground. Take a chance and leap!!!

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

Very few great goals actually go in.

Wherever you go, there’s your teacher.

An enriched capacity for rejoicing is an expanded capacity for worship.

It's important that women support women. It gives me a great sense of well-being to know that I can make a difference in people's lives.

It's what you deserve to hear," I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. "That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known.