I think that if you're doing something that's important, that's significant in your life, it takes some of the pain away.

I am pretty good about taking breaks. I know when it's time to step aside and chill out.

Growing up is important, and I've got to do that gracefully, but also keep myself at a good pace.

I thought that we were getting somewhere, but we're still nowhere at all. I watch your tail lights fading, I try but a tear won't fall.

One day. my kids are gonna be like, 'What do you mean, gay people couldn't get married?' Just like most of my friends are black, and I find it hard to believe that my great-grandmother and even my grandmother couldn't hang out with black kids when they were young.

My 13-year-old self would have beaten up my 17-year-old self because she would be like, 'You're a sellout!'

I never faked anything. I never played the Disney game of smiling and being a princess and then suddenly having a hard time, saying, "That isn't who I really am.