Im a realist, not a sugar coater. I believe in always letting people know what their obstacles are. And at the end of the day, I just want to be respected for my hard work.

I didn't plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can.

I used to go with solid blue, but recently I've found that a mix of red and green is a better fit for my personality.

An innocent little human being was solely dependent on me! I took all the CPR and breastfeeding classes and learned quite a bit.

I like seeing things that you don't normally see. Black people are so diverse, we do so many things, we have given so much to this world - and we are constantly giving.

There are some universal elements when it comes to motherhood - especially for Black moms. Black women are selfless. Many women think of their children before they think about themselves.

Everybody's problem is not yours, regardless of marriage and relationships, and I think women sometimes have to shed "what we think it should be" and address "what it is".

While there's plenty to be said for drive and talent, it was my parents' support that started me on the path that led me here today.

Fear, left unchecked, can spread like a virus.

The price of stability is unpreparedness.

Don’t allow anyone to pollute your mind with negative thoughts and negative words.

You are putting on paper, in print, what you sense and feel in your mind.

The trouble with many married people is that they are trying to get more out of marriage than there is in it.

As a child, I loved being onstage. I loved singing, I loved the lights, I loved the adrenaline. I even loved learning lines. I was completely obsessive.

All things are possible to God and to you in God-consciousness.

Every fiction has its base in fact.

You can't take no Chinese man and give him no Puerto Rican woman and talking like they're in love and emotionally in love and physically.

It's always that one song that gets to you. You can hide, but the song comes to find you.