Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

I married a man once and we had been married over a year before I found he preferred potatoes. I said, "I didn't know you loved potatoes." And he said that until he was about 13, he thought rice was potato seeds.

Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure.