Constance Wu Quotes

In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.

I wrote my first story when I was six or seven.

My sister taught me how to write my name when I was about three. I remember writing my whole name: Jacqueline Amanda Woodson. I just loved the power of that, of being able to put a letter on the page and that letter meaning something.

The first time I ever wrote anything, it was an editorial column for my high school newspaper.

I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

I was very, very little - it was the first time I ever cooked on my own, with my mother's supervision - and I made scrambled eggs. I felt so accomplished, like magic!

On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will not harm a young writer and could help him if he gets out of it in time.

I remember Alicia Keys and Usher had released a song called 'My Boo,' and my music teacher got me to sing a duet with a friend of mine, and I remember being so nervous because I loved to sing, but I could never fathom singing by myself. And when I did that, I remember how proud I was of myself. I was 12.

I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

I love heels. I remember the first time I saw a pair of heels my mum said: 'You're not wearing those. They're too high!'

I wrote a lot. I was in programs for drawing when I was a kid.

I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own.

When I was as little as four years old, my mom would give me a pen and paper and tell me to write a story to keep me busy.

My first solo was in church when I was five.

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and the freedom to go into a world of my own.

When I was young, I drew as often as I wrote.

Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.

My first recollection of performing was shortly after my parents split up, so the logical conclusion to draw is that that affected me.

I started writing my own things when I was about 8.

When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper!

I remember as a little kid watching the Opry from the nosebleeds, so to stand onstage and be invited to be a member was really, really cool.

I always shopped in the girls' section during elementary school.

My first beauty moment was when I was probably four years old. My sister and I snuck into my mom's room and got into her makeup. We put on blush and lipstick and eyeshadow. I will always remember that day.