I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.

If I have to die, I want to combust in the middle of one of my classes.

I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.

No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!

Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like going from hot dogs and hamburgers to beef stroganoff, or from ice cream in a cone to creme brulee.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. Knowing what I now know, I'd turn to me.

I have a one of a kind collection of dolls. My house is like a museum.