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.

Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

If you've ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you'll understand that the underlying theme of everything I've done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.

All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.

There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!