Forty-years-old these days is the beginning of people's lives. I've found myself, I'm confident, I'm mature, I've been through some stuff, I'm ready to write my book.

God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.

Nobody can tell you how to be a good wife or husband.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.

Between the kids, the jobs and everything, no matter what color you are, cardio is probably not on the top of your list.

I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it.

My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path.

Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.

My daughter has a vivid imagination, and so does my son.

Marriage is one salvation pathway among many, although it contains different possibilities.

Make hay while the sun shines.

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

I'm so sick of mermaid dresses, trains, borrowed bling-bling, and a pose.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Let every lion do his duty.

As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility.

You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.

I don't photograph life as it is, but life as I would like it to be.