My dad wanted me to go down a more academic route. He is very much about sticking to the rule book and sticking to the blueprint of a successful career.

True beauty is knowing who you are and believing in yourself. Happy people know their purpose, have courage to fight for it and strength to keep going.

Clothes are fun. The designers have so much fun making them, you should have fun wearing them, too.

Every person has a signature. Just some people don't know it yet.

I've always been into looking different.

I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

Everyone thinks their mom is a superhero, and l feel like I want to be just like my mom. A superhero. She’s a very strong lady.

Know yourself; keep your circle tight. Keep your friends and your work circle tight.

All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.

I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.

My spirit animal... probably like a turtle, because I have no concept of time.

When I write, it feels like there are two little creatures that sit on each of my shoulders. One whispers, "You can do this. You've got what it takes." The other sounds like my mother-in-law.

Find the good and celebrate it.

When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.

I'm very passionate about charity... Performing is my passion. But it's not gonna change the world. That's why I give back.

Never underestimate the power of the mind to disempower.

Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.

While I read almost all my newspapers online, I'm not a big fan of e-books because I like to see what I've read and remember it. Books are a way of making memory physical.

Photography's history is bound to the mistake, to the accident.

My curse on plays That have to be set up in fifty ways, On the day's war with every knave and dolt, Theater business, management of men.

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.