Nothing wise was ever printed upon an apron.

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.

How fast does a zebra have to run before it looks gray.

I wear dark sunglasses when I want my head to look more like a limousine.

The clothes make the man. The children working in sweatshops make the clothes. Therefore, the children working in sweatshops make the man.

A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy.

Earrings are the same as sneezes: Two is okay, but ten in a row is annoying. If you have two then, God bless you.

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly.

A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive.

When you have a fat friend there are no see-saws, only catapults.

When we do not know our true identity as powerful creators, we are susceptible to being used and manipulated.

When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time

If you have one person you’re influenced by, everyone will say you’re the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you’re so original!

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Asking me to describe my son is like asking me to hold the ocean in a paper cup

Sustaining silence and circumspection are two behaviors that lead to better, healthier outcomes. They are powerful without dominating.

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.

I want to know a lot of things I don't already know -especially as the things I do know, if written down, do not have the permanence I want in my mind.

Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but you always get there, and what you say is always worth waiting for.