I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're also great, just a great brand.

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

I ran track in high school very competitively, and then ran it D-1 at Boston University. I ran there on an athletic scholarship and chose BU because they had both a good track program and an arts program.

I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something and then when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story.

My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Womens Singles tennis champion in college.

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

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