"At least this past year has been trying to take advantage of where I am in my life. I don't have kids, I'm young, in my 20s – I can take the time and energy to put into my career."
"Poetry gives me that feeling that my feelings are normal, justified. That other people have felt heartache and grief. I know that the things I've written are what 99% of human beings have felt, when they read my book."
"I was from a small town in Ohio, from a middle-class family, I knew no one in the acting business. I didn't have a baton passed down to me from an actor in my family. I did it on my own from sheer passion and knowing that this is what I was good at, and this is what I wanted to do. There truly is a lot of power in struggle and survival, and that's what makes you a strong person."