“Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, thats beautiful.”

“My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep appreciation for every moment of their lives.”

“In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer - because there was a time that was true. So that's where I develope...”

“I'm friends with a lot of my exes, but it took time. We didn't just get into it. I don't think you can be friends until you're cool with them dating someone else. That's when you know.”

“There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.”

“I have to say, you know, I've seen so many people go through the cycle and become famous and not famous anymore and, you know, want - have their priorities change and want different things.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

“I refuse to give energy to the negative. I've got a great fella and two great little girls.”

“Do you want this to be a love story?”

“It's all talk til it's all real walk.”

“Some things are only real because they represent what we think. When we learn the truth and think it, the old reality is no longer real to us and loses its hold on us. The truth sets us free.”