“The way I dress and carry myself, a lot of people find it intimidating. I think my whole career can be boiled down to the one word I always say in meetings: strength.”

It feels so scary getting old.

Don’t let some random comment that you wouldn’t have even thought about overshadow something important that you were actually trying to say.

I’ve totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what’s right for you. I know exactly what’s right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, ‘Don’t do that, don’t do that,’ you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

Don’t be afraid. Be the kind of person your mother warned you about.

Two things to remember in life: take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and take are of your words when you are with people.

The smarter the person, the more boring the instagram account.

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.

David Bowie told me my music sounds like tomorrow

We’re so happy, even when we’re smiling out of fear.

Everyone’s competing for a love they won’t receive.

I love thrift shopping. You can get ten things because everything costs, like, three dollars.

Of course I got lipstick all over my lil’ nose in about 5 seconds, nothing’s changed.

I’m terrified of growing up. Once you become an adult, how to you step back from that? It’s something that wakes me up at night.

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don’t think it’s breeding anything good in young girls.

Well Mandira, I hope not. You see, I started both their careers. And as far as I can remember, I started yours too.

I was clear about the fact that my first film should be ‘big,’ since it’s the start of your whole career graph.

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

My career is too short for there to be any turns! But I would say that not everyone is noticed and accepted in their debut films. I was accepted both by the industry and the audience.

All my life, I have been a failure. A failure when I dropped out of college, A failure when I started my career. A failure when I wrote a book, A failure when my business closed down but, a failure to others, not to myself. And, you can also turn your failures into success, just like I did!

My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career – when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge – it’s an ocean, and there are so many options. It’s not the end of the world if they don’t get to pursue an apparent childhood dream.

My style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.

It’s pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that’s just the way it is.