This moment right here, me standing up here all brown with my boobs and my Thursday night of network television full of women of color, competitive women, strong women, women who own their bodies and whose lives revolve around their work instead of their men, women who are big dogs, that could only be happening right now.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

Mother is not a title. Mother is a verb. It is not who you are. It's what you do.

I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that [race in casting] is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight of a man's hip, because dear God, someone might think of sex. And while we all hope our kids grow up to have sex, we do not hope they grow up to shoot someone in the face.

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.