A miracle... my biggest accomplishment is my marriage so far. Because it's hard, everyone knows it's hard.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your performance for high heels.

You can't plan anything, right? You can try.

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'

My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show.

I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

Um, 'Soul Food'... Another wonderful little movie that could. Here's a film that, I think our budget was maybe $6 million. We shot it in Chicago in six weeks. I was so proud of the film, because it showed America that an African-American film about family could sell, could do well, could cross over and have true meaning.

For years now, Chinese parents and teachers have lamented what's known as the 'xiao huangdi' - or little emperor - phenomenon, a generation of pampered and entitled children who believe they sit at the center of the social universe because that's exactly how they've been treated.