“The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.”

“If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.”

“Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people.”

“Even today, I am still very child-like while designing. It's a bit like Christmas - each of your designs you create is like unravelling your presents.”

“I was always shouted at by my teacher because I would draw straight on the table in the school.”

“I'm very detail oriented. Everything that takes a lot of dedication and creativity I do in the morning when there is light and I'm really concentrated.”

“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.”

“You can find a better you inside of you. Why dont you search for that?”

“Do not fear to give yourself a chance that will change you for the better.”

“He explained that often times it's the love of something- like money, material, possessions, or power-and the fear of losing them, that command people to act. That love and fear are really the only...”

“Where there is a will, there is a way.”

“Love will find its way through all languages on its own.”

“Sometimes just when I say hello the right way, I'm like, 'Whoa, I'm so cool.'”