I don't apologize for my diamonds, Rolls-Royce, Range Rover, or anything. Look, Queen Elizabeth has more diamonds than me. Why don't people attack her for it?

All women are goddesses, and it's just a matter of letting that goddess-power shine - and if you don't try to be the biggest and baddest damn goddess you can be, you are selling yourself short.

You can do anything you put your mind to, and you can do it in stilettos.

Live life on your own path. Everybody's got something different. You can't keep up with all those people, so you better keep up with yourself.

Always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy.

Fabulosity. It's a state of being.

Be stingy with your money! Don't splurge at the mall - and definitely don't give it to your boyfriend!

Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.

Nobody automatically believes in your dream. Nobody! You have to turn it into reality through your own sheer grit, bullheadedness and persistence.

I'm very determined, honest, open and definitely very energetic. I expect a lot as a boss and I'm very demanding, but I ask that of myself too.

A woman may be a mother, a sister, a business woman, or she may own a business. Woman do many things, and it is important that we do it with grace and style.

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps

... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.

When people flirt with despair about the future, they are less likely to take the actions necessary to safeguard it, focusing instead on the short-term.

How can you live without knowing what your spirit is doing and what your spirit is saying to you?

A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open.

make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression.

Never index your own book.

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus - a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you.

What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

What makes a man a man are his deeds, his responsibilities, and his reactions... These things are also what makes a man a monster.