It's a clear day Sonny, L A N D.

A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.

It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth.

I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

I know that my audience is largely women, so what I try to do a lot of times is address their issues.