To engage with criticism, is on some level, a validation of that which otherwise would go unnoticed.

I hate you."I love you."You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have."I'm trying not to be.

Right isn't always legal.

As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.

My career did start in the Spanish language industry, and that's probably because my father is my manager. He pushed my career in the direction he knew best.

If you give that gal a diamond ring, you'll get a diamond back. She's just a venom wearing denim, boy, she's always making tracks.

If you cast really funny, talented people and let them do what they need to do, they're going to hit a home run for you without a script.

I love poetry, read it a lot, but make no claim to being able to write it.

A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.