I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

I come from Somalia. We start working young, and we understand that kind of life. I would be bored to death not doing anything creative.

I have concluded that the more we seek the Lord, with a passion for His worthiness, the more we are gripped with our neediness. Adoration cultivates desperation.

I hope these simple things are what I forever love about life, for then I will be happy no matter where I find myself.

I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.

You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder...

Our life capital is measured in seconds. Once those seconds are gone, we never get them back!

...those of us who write for children are called, not to do something to a child, but be someone for a child.

I was appearing on the reality show R&B Divas and when I started to fall apart it was very public. But I am glad that it happened that way. It made me see myself. And it made me transparent.

I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy.

Scientists never stop asking. They're little kids who never grew up.