While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent feelings with words lyrically organized on a page.

I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old.

I think going back to school, studying as much as you can, especially literature and close reading some of the most beautiful works. You can always apply that to acting.

I didn't even know what acting was at 11 years old. I truly believed that acting was hidden cameras everywhere. And I felt that these actors on the screen were somehow real people.

I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read, and to reveal that much, it's a bit nerve-racking.

As poets, our lamentations are glorious, filled with the virtues angles would learn to envy.

I just don't know how to stitch words in a predictable way sometimes. It's a weird instinct I've developed.