I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me.

I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't have to learn anymore."