When I read poetry, I read it aloud. It's so much better that way.

People have power to make a difference in their lives.

There's nobody who would be willing to do an interview on a regular basis that you can't go and Google and find out what has happened to them in the past week. There's nobody.

Your gut is your inner compass.

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.

I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.

I always knew I'd be a millionaire by age thirty-two. In fact, I am going to be the richest black woman in America.