To me, the most important thing is to wear something that I love and feel comfortable in, and Christmas is a great opportunity to get one of my old favourites out.

A tip for looking 'picture perfect' is probably a smile. I think everyone looks better when they are happy you give off a glow - or at least that is what my mum would say!

My mum is great for keeping hold of old classics - pieces of clothing that never age and never go out of fashion. She also says, 'Make sure you always smile - it makes everything look better!'

Arrogance kills creativity.

Irrationally, I think, Will You Marry Me? Four words. I Want a Divorce. Four words. I would like time to count the letters as well, but there is not time.

These fragments I have shored against my ruins

I believe you should give 100% on the court, so I chase every ball.

It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.

Seeing, observing, listening, these are the greatest acts

All of the things I used to obsess over, I'm no longer as obsessed with. I have new concerns but they're a little more existential or cosmic.

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.

Abode where lost bodies roam each searching for its lost one.

The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.