Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain. Reading gave me hope. For me, it was the open door.

The struggle of my life created empathy... I could relate to pain... being abandoned... having people not love me.

When you wake up in the morning looking for the light, the light will come.

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.

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

I'm sick of people sittin' in chairs stating their problems. Then we roll the videotape... then we have our experts on the topic... I'm in the 'What's next?' phase of my career.

...I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life!