“I'm attracted to bold women - I collect them. I met one of my best fri...” — Tracee Ellis Ross Quote

“I'm attracted to bold women - I collect them. I met one of my best friends when we both were about 22 and working at 'Mirabella' magazine. I was wearing this blue dress I had borrowed from my mom, and I didn't know I had deodorant lines all over it until my friend signaled to me.”

“I have started using the expression 'compassionate activism': It's about keeping my heart open so that I can understand the point of view of the other person.”

“I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah.”

“I have always been attracted to songs that make me want to dance.”

“I'm attracted to stories about people who feel themselves outside of society, kind of start out with a longing to be part of it and then have to wrestle with the degree to which they're willing to give up parts of themselves in order to fit in.”

“I wasn't allowed to watch regular television when I was growing up, only PBS, so I watched 'Masterpiece Theatre' and a lot of Jane Austen. I loved stories where the girl is attracted to a man and it looks like it's not going to work out.”