Poppy Quotes

Viral videos aren't just about being funny. They're about identity creation.

With Twitter I am in control of whatever it is I want to say.

Social media allowed us to become our own storytellers. With it, we seized the power of our truth.

I'm having a lot of fun playing myself out there on YouTube and showing who I am and getting to do projects that make me happy versus satisfy what people think a girl should be doing.

Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.

Everyone his own cinematographer. His own stream-of-consciousness e-mail poet. His own nightclub DJ. His own political columnist. His own biographer of his top-10 friends!

Everyone should have a blog. It's the most democratic thing ever.

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your 'voice' is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices.

I started as a mommy blogger, and it's been really great.

People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.

There are some people whose Twitter feeds are works of art. They intuitively understand how much of themselves to put out there.

Surprisingly, I think if you're known on the Internet, you're probably an introvert.

Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media.

Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network.

'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blogging, but now there are more topic-oriented blogs. It's really about personal expression, and that's just gotten bigger and broader.

I'm easy to find on the Internet.

I've never tweeted. 'Funny or Die' started my Twitter account for me, and so I don't even have the password or anything like that. They started it, then they handed it off to other comics.

When I first started YouTubeing, the idea was, 'Oh, YouTube is going to be a stepping stone to get to other places,' and I just totally don't agree with that. I think YouTube is amazing. The digital space is amazing.

I take selfies just so I know what I look like before I go on cam.

I get referred to as the social media kid on set, but I don't let it bother me. I try not to.

I have people on Twitter that they know better my own platform than myself.

I use Twitter to be my best self: fun, dateable. I don't get paranoid with Twitter, only in real life. I write so I feel comfortable, not speaking.

When I started my first blog years ago, I just wanted to share my perspective. For a long time, models had been these mute pretty faces - and I wanted to have a voice.

I just love social media. I love that you can create your own image of yourself.