People who have done really well in their sports: in tennis, Steffi Graf; in ice hockey, Wayne Gretzky.

Bill Gates. Not only did he build Microsoft, he went on with his wife to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They support the, in my view, single most important factor in making the world a better place – empowerment of women and girls.

Barack Obama—just the balls to think he could be president is gangster. People forget that, when he first announced he was running, most black people were for Hillary Clinton. The only person that was laughed at more for a crazy idea was Noah.

Aretha Franklin. I mean, she’s Aretha! That says it all.

Thinking that I am not enough or not beautiful the way I am. That thinking is super-dangerous.

Cuddling in bed on a Sunday morning with the man I love. Also, applause and standing ovations.

At the SAG awards in 2016. I remember going into that night saying to myself, “I might not be here again; let me be fully in the moment.” The cast of Orange Is the New Black won the acting-ensemble award for the second year in a row, and I was there with a man I truly loved. That night was everything I had always dreamed about.

Being homeless.

Thinking that I am less-than. That thinking is cunning, baffling, and insidious, and I must guard against it every hour of every day.

Mean-spiritedness and the inability to set and respect boundaries.