“I couldn’t wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.”

If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day.

My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.

I don’t make plans, because life is short and unpredictable – much like the weather!

You don’t have to try to impress your kids. If they’re not getting what they need from you, they will let you know.

We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.

My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don’t apply.

Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.

There is no quick fix. At the end of the day, you still have to do the work to maintain your weight. It can’t be a diet. You have to change your life.

They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much.

You have to learn to use it responsibly.

And I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave.

I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world – that their parents get treated better because they’re on TV.

I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.

I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort.

I’ve never been part of anything so great as those three kids.

I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there.

I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.

George had taken off all ten of his fingers and tied them into a bundle with what appeared to be either his own small intestines.

All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.

…all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for.

And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.

It’s where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this.

Artists, celebrated for their humanity, they turn out to be scarcely human at all.

I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the truth.