My hair story has been unique because my mom's a German Jew, so her hair is way different than my hair. She was always learning on my hair growing up, but I would sit there for hours, and she did learn how to braid hair. Early on, it was a lot of tears while my mom was braiding my hair.

Women, goals, empowerment, well-being, and women's health has always been important to me.

Africa doesn't look like it's changed that much to me since I first went in '94. There is still a major economic divide, but the rights of Africans have changed and progressed.

When I feel better looking in the mirror, it makes me feel more uplifted. I feel like what that image has been has shifted in different ways, and that's probably why I'm always changing: because I start getting bored, and I don't like feeling locked into anything.

I've always been pretty quick for my whole career.

Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.

You appreciate just being able to work because there are so many actors that aren't. You have to appreciate every single job just the same.

I am that 'everyman' in that I have made every mistake you can make in your career and in your personal life. But I am a survivor.