Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?

You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.

I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'm gonna fly.

Interviewing people, I don't miss that at all. I do miss kibitzing with the audience because after every show I would spend half an hour to 40 minutes talking to people.