I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too.

I have solid decent people around me, and I believe that is all it is, because you will get destroyed if you have people bringing you down.

I have my mother who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

Even if your family isn't quite there for you, find the people that support you and hang on to those people and try to let go of those that try to take you down.

I think conveying the emotion of the collective "we" is pretty incredible. Especially in tumultuous times like we are in now.

Here's my pet peeve: The not-so-unstated rule that all women are only to be treated as sexual objects and gawked at-you know, sitting up against a car, washing something, bending over, licking something. That just drives me crazy.

I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.