Hella-really, used when describing something or someone. Example: "She's hella weird."

Deadass-an emphasis on seriously. Example: "Deadass, this is the best meal I've ever had."

AF-acronym, stands for 'as f*ck' Example: "I'm tired AF."

Tea-gossip. Example: "Spill the tea."

Sis-sister. Example: "Love you, sis!"

RIP-if something bad happens, you would say RIP, you're not actually telling them to rest in peace. Example: "My phone broke." "RIP."

OD-Over Doing It. Example: "Let's spit in her food." "Nah, that's OD."

Thicc-hot, cute, describing a person. Example: "She thicc."

Highkey-obvious. Example: "Highkey, everyone knows she's faking."

Lowkey-not obvious. Example: "Lowkey, she's so smart."

I love my body. And, I'm always working out. I'm an exercise freak, be it cardio, weights, t'ai chi or yoga.

The biography of a writer or even the autobiography will always have this incompleteness.

I actually have a life I said I wanted to have. I wanted to tell stories I want and be with my family. I'm whispering it, because I'm a quarter Jewish and afraid it's all going to be taken away.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

I love the ocean, but I'm just not one to lie on the beach.

How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the, in a way, dumbness of sculpture in a way that acts on us as living things?

Whether its the best of times or the worst of times its the only time weve got.

I have made things for Calvin Klein and other designers, and it's interesting to see the way each person approaches it.

High school was interesting. For the most part, I quite enjoyed it. But everyone is trying to find their footing, and school can be a tough environment. Kids can be cruel to each other. It's quite unforgiving at times.

I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.

As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world.

I also want to try acting - give it a shot - maybe take some lessons, I think that could be fun. I feel like that could even help me with modeling, because in a way you have to act.

I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer.

All I'm armed with is research.

There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.

The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.

The Anglo-Americans want the balance of power in Eurasia. The only balance of power they can achieve now is the whole of Europe against Russia. The only choice for us is either to join this Western European bloc or join in with Russia.

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.

When a singer leaves a band, I believe the band loses something creatively and the fans are disappointed too.

I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

The humped bladderwort has yellow, snapdragon-like flowers, and it's actually carnivorous, capable of trapping and eating not just insects but even tadpoles and tiny fish.