I would much rather sit, dimmed by inattention, and study the atmosphere and the silence and dance between people, but often times I’m not offered this privilege. The necessity for isolation, and the striving for popularity is the only contradiction I find in being a writer and an actress.

My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity.

Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English.

Although I was calm as a child, I had this restlessness about me–this need and hunger to create my own world. Poetry filled that void, and its words fed that vital necessity of ownership.

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

I'm thinking like the character in order to be as authentic as I can. But after a while, how would I be able to cleanse myself from this unless I do something that's a different medium but also creative. That's what I do. It's my little ritual. After every filming, I just write a poem about it and my character specifically and I can let her go.