I was 4 and dictating stories into a tape recorder, and my mom typed them up.

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?'

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.

I happen to like debating, and I like to debate like a lawyer, and I can argue any points to death, and I will.

You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.

I'm fortunate. I've always had medical care. I've always had access. I've never personally had to use a Planned Parenthood. But I have many friends who have and do and did, and I think it's important that that access be there for everyone.

Mother is a verb, not a noun.