My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

Ive heard of nothing coming from nothing, but Ive never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work.

I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.

My only want and wish, really, was to tell a good story. I wanted to do good work, tell a good story, and give the character a voice. Those were my only expectations.

If they can learn to say Tchaikovsky and Michelangelo and Dostoyevsky, they can learn to say Uzoamaka.