It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

Chemotherapy tests your sanity.

We all want to judge; it's an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I'm not surprised that talent shows are hits, but I'm glad some of them aren't so brutal.

I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

I don't have a bucket list because it is my dedication to live every day of my life there. I don't have a bucket list because I'm doing it that day. I don't want to go to bed and say, 'Oh, I wish I had done this.

I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.