Until they hired a Latina to write for Laurel [in How to Get Away with Murder], I was scared that she was going to fall into stereotypes.

The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.

Mexican food is one of the best culinary experiences that people can have.

Our society really needs to take a better look at what we're selling, because I think women being empowered will be as beneficial to men as it is to us.

I love that in this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], you almost want to go and hang out with this family.

The music in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is very much hand-picked specifically because it's our history and our traditions. The themes are universal.

I guess that storytelling would be for me to keep making art that touches people in a way that nothing else can.

I know that [Sunday is the day you spend with your family] is a tradition that I want to keep alive and I also want to share.

I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.

[Everybody Loves Somebody] was a different take on that immigrant sort of life.

There's not enough of those inclusive projects where I feel like I'm interpreting a human being and not just a statistic or a nationality.

Eating your own heart simply to keep the strangers from tasting: a suicide.

What you radiate outward in your thoughts, feelings, mental pictures and words, you attract into your life.

When you're young, you're not afraid of what comes next. You're excited by it.

Those who think profit is a dirty word should try to make one.

A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.

If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, 'Who could have done this? We have no enemies!'

Celebrities are nowhere as rich as some people think they are.

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

Accept your feelings. Know your purpose. And do what needs to be done.

If you are unwell, don't ask to be healed, instead ask to be restored to that perfection from which you emanated.