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My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

My brother Trevor is theatrically trained. I used to watch him when I was younger and I was in love with it. It just seemed really fun to be someone else. So I begged my mom she was hesitant, but she eventually allowed me. And it turned out well, I guess.

My mom gives me an allowance. She keeps me pretty tight-reined.

The problem with me is, anything that is easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I am 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

I have learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

I am an actress and mom, and I probably do not have enough of an active spiritual life. And I do not know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they do not actually practise them.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

I think I have become more like my mom just because of what we are both interested in, children and teaching and writing.

I had always loved to write and my mom was my editor for my school papers.

My mom's a secret Rastafarian.

I am more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

I am sure there were times when I wish I had thought, Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad, but our parents did not raise us to think about them. They are very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we did not think of any repercussions.

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

When I was a kid, my mom used to run the vacuum cleaner, and the noise would bother me so much that I would run into the woods to calm down. I feel like that vacuum cleaner has been on since I moved to New York City.

There is been times when I have had heartbreaking moments and I am like, I can not believe you said that, or I can not believe you did that. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it'll always hurt, but I have never had somebody that I truly cared about just walk out on me, whether it was a boyfriend, or an aunt, mom or dad.

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I do ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I do sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.

My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I am this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.

I was a hyper kid in school and the teacher suggested to my mom she needed to do something with me.

My mother kept asking me, When are you going to do a gospel album? And I have always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.