I have the most wonderful children. I've been very, very blessed.

I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between.

A person without regrets is a nincompoop.

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

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.

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

Find things that shine and move toward them.