Finally I want to say this: If you are a kid and you are out there and you are chubby and not so cute and nerdy and shy and invisible and in pain, whatever your race, whatever your gender, whatever your sexual orientation, I’m standing here to tell you: You are not alone. Your tribe of people, they are out there in the world. Waiting for you.

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.

Everyone always says to me, 'Why aren't there more people of color on television?' I'm like, 'Why don't you ask a bunch of people who aren't putting people of color on television why there aren't more people of color on television?'

Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.

I really don't think there's a world in which you can do anything with anybody. Because we're in the world of the White House, I think there are certain things you can do, and larger things that can happen, but I don't think you can do anything.

I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths.

I cannot keep track and lots of great shows go unnoticed.