In my teens I saw the world in only black and white. Now I know that most things exist in a certain gray area. Though it took a while to get here, I now call this gray area home. I once believed that participating in a capitalist economy would be the death of me, but now realize that agonizing over the political implications of every move I make isn’t exactly living.

One of the best things about life—a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only—is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.

Without ego I don't know how identity works, I don't know... I need to sit down and re-read some philosophy or something.

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.

It's definitely scary to follow a book that's been turned into a Netflix series and found as much success as Girlboss did.

I'm telling you that you don't have to choose between smart and sexy. You can have both. You are both.

I wanted to do something really visual and photogenic.