He who has the gold makes the rules.

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

I try not to take on the weight or the burden of it. Once it's on the paper, I try to leave it, because I want to surrender to what I'm supposed to write about.

My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to protect me from him as best she could, she took me everywhere with her, which gave me a tremendous amount of sensitivity to the things women go through.

It's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.