Quotes About Self-expression

I want to be a poster boy for the uncool.

I barely ever reread the chapter before posting, because I overthink things, and I feel like overediting or trying to use too many words can ruin the story.

You want to have the perfect balance of hot and funny on your Instagram, but you never want too much of either... Don't try to add humility to your blatant 'hot' posts through a half-hearted attempt at being funny. You look good; just own it.

Well, there's that girl on the Internet - although this isn't an example of someone who doesn't know they're on - but there's a girl on the Internet who posts one photograph every two minutes from her bedroom.

I always try and put out posts on social media about feeling good inside, and there's so much pressure for people to look a certain way and have a certain hairstyle or a certain lipstick.

Shoes define how you walk in the world and how you stand: like, what is your posture in life?

The costume affects your posture, affects your walk, how you hold yourself, and how you breathe. The costumes make you deliver.

I still wear makeup, but I'm no longer hiding behind pot after pot of foundation or endless filters on Instagram.

Once you're able to look like an idiot and be OK with it, it opens up your potential.

I started writing because it was hard to find acting jobs. I didn't like any monologues in auditions, so I started to write my own things. Since then, I have written a couple of shows. I was nominated for playwright of the year for a play I wrote called 'Potential Space.'

I hear it all the time: 'What happened to the Grace Potter who didn't used to wear makeup?'

Some people see what I don't see - I'm just so happy to do all of this just being myself. The same thing what you get on the TV, you will see in your local Asda or the pound shop.

'That's Not Me' video cost me 80 English pounds.

When you see Paul Wall, I'm always going to be the same person. I might have on a new grill, I might have on some new jewelry. I might've put on some pounds, I might've lost some pounds. You never know.

If I want to shave my head tomorrow and gain 50 pounds, or grow my hair long and lose 50 pounds, I have the freedom to do that. People will get used to it.

I did speak to a counsellor after hitting rock bottom. It really did help, talking to somebody that didn't know me and just pouring my heart out to them in a few sessions.

I feel better about myself when I look my best. I always find the time to put on my powder and do my chignon.

I don't like overdoing my makeup, especially with the face powder.

I tried to be a goth for a while. I'd pour baby powder on my face and paint my lips black, but that didn't last long. I thought I looked cool at the time. But then you look back and wonder, 'Why did anyone let me out of the house looking like that?'

I think there's something really powerful about being yourself.

I consider myself a lesbian, but I'm a bisexual lesbian.

I wanted to take on my full name, which was sort of a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood.

As long as I look good, I'm very happy - and as long as I look consistently me.

Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South.