Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

I'm not interested in being commodified. I'm not into being sold. I'm not a slave.

I need to find creative diversity because if I get stuck, I get unhappy.

Sometimes I felt as a writer I was purging, and it almost hurt to purge to that level. Now it doesn't feel that way, maybe because I'm older. Maybe life has given me some punches, but it didn't knock me down.

There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.

A nutritionist has told me to have very little butter and very little spices, but I can't live like that.

African people worldwide are known to be welcoming and open-minded.