The day my child tries a celery is the most stressful day of my life.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Don't ever doubt yourselves or waste a second of your life. It's too short, and you're too special.

Life is beautiful. Cherish every moment even if you're stressed or hurt or whatnot. There's always tomorrow and it always gets better

Block out all the negative energy, and just love.

I don’t regret any of the decisions I’ve made in my life. Because with every choice I’ve made, I’ve learned something new.

Some people will find any reason to hate. Don’t waste ur time. Lighten up! It takes so much less energy to smile than to hate. Enjoy life.

There's always tomorrow and it always gets better.

No matter what you do, no matter what your profession is, no matter how old you are, everybody deals with haters.

Everyone is beautiful, everyone is perfect, and everyone is lovely.

You are beautiful and perfect and lovely HOWEVER you are.

A word is worth one coin, silence is worth two

Regrets and recriminations only hurt your soul.

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

You are part of a complex social network that changes your biology with every interaction, and which your actions can change.

It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end.

TV tends to try and fit everyone into a TV mold.

I grew up with some kind of storytelling instinct, and when I write, my default setting is to find a story and then to tell it. It's the only way I know how to write.

Be dignified, honest and truthful.

All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.