I knew that there was an underlying thing there that I was never really able to come face to face with. There's a part of me that wants to always protect myself because of what I had gone through. But I learned that you have to let people in. Going to the therapist kind of helped me with that.

Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.

I think life is a learning lesson within itself. I think you should take the best out of everything that you see and that you encounter and make the best of it.

Growth is what we all need and what we all strive for because we want to get better and better and better each day.

I've learned what Trump has taught - we need to put our best foot forward and don't let anybody block us from anything that we wish to do or want to do.

No one thought I would be successful. Everyone thought I would fail. You have no idea how much courage it took for me to do this.

Don't close the book when bad things happen in your life! Just turn the page and start a new chapter!