You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

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

There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the ghetto, projects, and that's where I had to go to school, but I would always pattern my life looking forward. It was almost literal.

We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.

What I've learned is you treat women right.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.