Adrienne C. Moore

“We spend so many hours a day - even if we're not physically in the office - working, thinking about work, and planning and setting up and organizing with work, even with our families.”

“Whether we are working to pay off student loans, credit card debt, paying for elder or childcare, or even trying to save for retirement, the idea of the American dream still remains just that - a dream.”

“A friend of mine is chief of staff at a big prison in Georgia. Along with giving me a tour of the prison, she allowed me to meet inmates.”

“If I could eat French fries every day of my life, I would.”

“I grew up in Nashville, born and raised. I'm a country girl, and I love country music. I had a dream I was going to be the first black female country music star, but then that wasn't the case.”

“I'm scared of the gym - I see all these machines, and I'm like, 'What is that? What am I supposed to do?'”

“I didn't lose weight for my career or a relationship - I did it to be happy and, as Oprah says, to live my best life.”

“It's not about trying to be perfect. It's not about trying to walk the straight and narrow. It's about loving who you are and finding those people who love and accept you for who you are.”

“I think cooking should be an experience, not a chore.”

“As women, we're supposed to bear the burden of raising our families and then also financially providing for them as well, and it's difficult when you're already starting off making less than the average.”

“Psychology is simply great because it helps you better understand all kinds of people.”

“I clip hand sanitizer to my purse. I used to be a babysitter back in the day, so I got germaphobic.”

“One of my secret nerdy things is that I love education.”

“I remember going through that process of growing my hair out, straightening it, cutting off the relaxed hair. I finally got to a point where I went to the Dominicans because they can straighten it real good. By the end of the day, the part of my hair that had just been pressed straight was already starting to coil back up.”

“I used to get these as a kid all the time - Doritos, Cheetos, Funions... and Andy Capp's Hot Fries. I have a crunch fetish.”

“I hit my thirties and felt I had to start being profound.”

“At some point, we have to move away from the pack to take certain journeys on our own.”

“I'm a girl from the South, so I was raised with morals - you know, your family's first.”

“My dad was the first man I ever loved.”

“At 'OITNB,' we really work to keep to the formula that's made this show so popular with everyone who watches it, which is to have really good characters and really interesting stories.”