Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up

by Naya Rivera

Josey is my greatest success, and I will never do any better than him.

I think you’re finally an adult when you can look at your parents as people going through their own shit, rather than just seeing them as unfeeling tyrants here to make your life miserable.

If you’re really a supportive man, then you know when to step aside and let your lady be the center of attention.

Never feel bad about cutting someone out of your life—sometimes that’s the only option. When you hang out with people who are true friends, you come away feeling lighter, more inspired to work hard, give love, and take care of yourself.

A friendship is just as much give-and-take and compromise as a romantic relationship, so you will get out what you put in.

So when life gives me lemons, I say fuck it and drink champagne.

I always meditate on the idea of love, and I always want to be a source of love.

Everyone is always telling you to love yourself, though no one ever tells you how to go about doing it. Learning how to love yourself is something everyone struggles with.

Success is not defined by what the people around you want. It is based on what you want for yourself.