Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

The power of the human mind is unstoppable. It can make bad things Great and good things Worst! Use it accordingly. - myselfRMD

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun.

Problems come few and far between in the life of a proactive person.

Talking to all those great writers and artists for the magazine was a form of graduate school for me.

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

The most 'popular,' the most 'successful' writers among us (for a brief period, at least) are, 99 times out of a hundred, persons of mere effrontery-in a word, busy-bodies, toadies, quacks.

I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.

Attack in all directions!