All God's children need traveling shoes.

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.

All great acheivements require time.

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

Look for the beauty in things.

I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.