It's annoying when people confuse you with the character.

Confidence comes from creating something and knowing what I'm supposed to be doing and feeling like I'm good at what I'm supposed to be doing.

I'm always tempted to say, 'Nah, that won't work.' But I think you should be willing to try ideas out before saying no. Be open-minded.

Especially being a woman of color, sometimes it's hard for to put our foot down. You work with a lot of men, and they'll be like, "She has Joyner the best reputation".

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance.

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set of students who would find it funny. But the cool students were like, 'Eeew!'

If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

When something has been perfect there is a tendency to try hard to repeat it.

Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes.

Girls are twice as likely as boys to avoid leadership roles for fear of being deemed 'bossy' by their peers.

Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth, came Habraham, Moyses, Aron and the profettys; and also the kyng of the right line of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.

Love rules the camp, the court, the grove - for love is Heaven, and Heaven is love.

I'm always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I'm on the go again.

I love nice things - I consider Ralph Lauren sheets to be a necessity, not a luxury - but I've known what it's like to be poor.

My childhood is very vivid to me, and I don't feel very different now from the way I felt then. It would appear I am the very same person, only with wrinkles.

A home is more than just where you live; it reflects who you are.