I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you know people when you see them from your couch.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

I can only live in my truth.

To be silent is to be passive.

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I can no longer tell a true story.

Believe in your dreams.

From one dog all the dogs bark.

When you have a president-elect who calls the press every name in the book, I think it's a warning shot across the bow, and you go back to what you learn when you were a child.

People ask me where I go to get away and I say, 'home'

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

I have to be very aware of the increasing downside risks that threaten the overall global situation.

I wanted to distance myself from those pasty faced corpses in suits I saw in airline magazine ads. If I was going to become a businessman, I was going to do it on my own terms.