“I love pointy nails! A cute way to add a pop of color to your nails is to make a V-shape at the ends of them in a pastel color.”

I’m not a boy band kind of girl. I like hip-hop, I like R&B.

I don’t really hashtag things. Unless I’m talking to somebody and I’m being funny and I say something mean but then I’m like, Hashtag…something that’s funny. I like to only hashtag funny things, not real stuff.

I do have many of the same friends I grew up with. Most I’ve known since we were three or four years old! I have made new friends as well.

I think that since it’s prom, you should definitely wear a long dress. You can wear a short one anytime! This is the moment when you get to be a princess, and for me, that means a sweetheart neckline, long, then pouf – out and big.

Acting isn’t a side thing – you have to live and breathe it.

I want people to look at my films and say ‘Wow, she’s a good actress’, and I know I’ll have to work hard for that.

I think everything about my life is magical. I’ve struggled, and against most odds, I’m truly having the experience of living my dreams.

I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.

I have suffered from bullying in many ways, from bullying in school due to my disability in reading, to digital abuse that I deal with on a daily basis. I’d like to tell the kids that are being bullied that no one should have to deal with the abuse, ever!

If someone is trying to bring you down, it only means you’re above them.

I was never a dancer before ‘Shake It Up’.

Don’t try to impress people. Always be yourself!

I’d like to help other kids with dyslexia, because I’m dyslexic. It was very hard, and I know that what I went through, other kids are going through.

I don’t have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me because I am weird and kind of funky, but still really calm.

I’m really into tall boots. I just got some new ones from Michael Kors that have these little gold studs. I have Valentino ones that I really love. Real, real tall boots!

I really love big scarves. I have a whole bunch.

Above the clouds the sky is always blue.

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

It’s not just that I’m a woman of color running for office. It’s the way that I ran. It’s the way that my identity formed my methods.

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That’s a lot of coloring when you think about it.

She trusted her inner strength with the colors of gratitude and patience.

You are the sun. Soft yellow. Beaming flames. Gentle and fierce all at once.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.