A person without regrets is a nincompoop.

My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.

Don't get involved with anyone who doesn't respect his mother.

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too.

Life is about losing everything, gracefully.

I took a long period off to be a mom.