If you are an activist, you have to stay active on a daily basis.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes. Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others.

Don't be afraid to walk away from things that are just not right for you.

Pulling off a zebra-print dress can be challenging for some.

I would rather Google other people than Google myself.

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

For me, diversity whether you think of it as race or gender, it's not a trend, it's a human movement, it's a human feeling, it's a human desire.

We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.

Make sure your decision to have a child is based on the need to share your life completely with another little human being and not because of some personal need for validation as a woman.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Now that we know you're not a hundred percent vampire you should stop trying to suck necks, " I said to Ziggy."I'll try, " Ziggy said, "but it's a hard habit to break.

Art is vice. You don't wed it, you rape it.

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you’re going to have to kill them.

You might be a redneck if you've ever worn a dress that is strapless with a bra that isn't.

I have four daughters and eight grandchildren. My soul lives on in them. That's immortality. That's the only immortality I care about.

I started playing guitar kind of by accident.

I'm a country guy from Mississippi who keeps it simple.

As the years go by, I find myself experiencing God's extraordinary concern, consideration, healing, and what I call in my books, the divine therapy.