What I am is a humanist before anything - before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race - they don't exclude anyone.

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.

If you read to me I could tell you everything that was read. They didn't know what it was. They knew I wasn't lazy, but what was it?

It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.

You don't want to think something might be racist, but it might be, because your gut is telling you it is

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

I think because I've gotten permission from my style icons like Tim Gunn and André Leon Talley, who say to me, "You don't need to dress like anyone else, because you're your own fashion icon. You represent comfortable. And you do fashion your way, and you should be at Fashion Week." They gave me permission to enjoy it! And it's great!