Coco Rocha Quotes

It's nice being able to speak for myself. Every interview I did for so many years and every time I was in front of the camera, pre-Twitter, there was no way for me to speak for myself. Every interview started with, 'What was it like to work for this man?'

We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era of fear and media monopolies? Writing allows us to transform what has happened to us and to fight back against what's hurting us. While not everyone is an author, everyone is a writer and I think that the process of writing is deeply spiritual and liberatory.

I believe that everyone has a story, and it is important that we encourage all students to tell theirs.

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 believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.

Women don't have to be defined by others. We have the power to define ourselves: by telling our own stories, in our own words, with our own voices.

Being on Twitter and social media, you obviously get to see a lot more of what people are thinking of you and of your show.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.

I grew up watching cinema in my country that wasn't telling stories about us, and we had to find a way to connect, and our references, our role models had nothing to do with us. And I'm so glad that it's changing.

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

One of the most powerful things we have is to tell our story.

I'm not ashamed of my social media following, my Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot, or the tough time I had in my LPGA debut, but these small facets of my life are easily manipulated by the Internet to get views, and they don't define me as a person.

Whether it's a film, a television show, an event or a pair of shoes, everything Uninterrupted does comes back to the fundamental belief that every human is multidimensional and should be empowered to share their own story.

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

I want young readers to know that to tell their own story is the most important thing they'll ever do.

Now every person edits the story they tell about themselves, carefully ensuring what the world looks at - whether it's over Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

I hope being honest about my experiences and contextualizing them empowers young women to step into their truths, tell their own stories, and live visibly.

Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice.

All of us in the modern world are constructing our identities, largely through social media, for a larger audience.

People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth.

I think it's important for not just me but women of color, trans women, and people who are marginalized to be telling stories of themselves. It's important for us to be behind the lens.

I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

If I follow someone, and I don't like their Twitter feed, I unfollow them and often have a changed opinion of the person.

With modeling, social media is such a humungous part of it now. You get jobs because of the amount of followers you have.