- Nov 07, 2020
Myself Quotes
Quotes on knowing yourself.
These quotes turn inward, questioning long-held traditions and how one sees oneself - one recalls identifying strongly as a mathematician rather than a technologist, while another admits, with some humor, to relying on charm rather than looks. Related reading includes I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gave myself two months to book a job. One month later I was cast on 'Modern Family.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a massive fangirl myself, having people ship any of my characters is just beyond cool.
- Changed
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- Nov 07, 2020
My goals for myself have changed as my career has evolved and as I've grown as a writer.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of myself as a fantasy writer.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful.
- Parenting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a mother of two myself - and two small girls - I think that single parenting is hard.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've changed in my sympathies since I've become a mother myself. In high school I went through a period where I was close with my mom and had to break with her in order to find myself and come back. Since that was my experience, that's often what happens in my books.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'll always base myself out of Toronto. I don't have any plans to move to L.A.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I have to switch back and forth, it's not hard to go from the American accent to speaking Spanish, but then speaking Spanish and going back into the American accent is hard. I practice it so much. I talk to myself in the mirror all the time. It's like speaking multiple languages.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think I've probably re-invented myself three or four times now, if that's what one calls it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom brought me up by herself, so I was a latchkey kid. I would walk myself back from school and spent a lot of time at home alone, watching TV. There weren't a lot of Latinas - or any women of color. And the ones I saw were usually presented as stereotypes or treated like jokes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I've lost weight, some fans get very upset because they want me to stay curvy. But my own self-worth and wellness regime has to do with my well-being and longevity, so if I make the choice to take care of myself, and the outcome is losing weight, it's disappointing that there might be some backlash.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020