For My Writing, And Because I Love

I Did An Internship At The Ardent Theatre Company In Philly After Dropping Out Of College. I Was Earning $165 A Week Building Sets And Cleaning The Toilets. Cleaning Toilets Is A Good Way Of Getting In Touch With Your Creativity. That's When You Find Out If You Got Anything Going On In Your Head.

There's Something Really Magical About Having A Child - It's Like Permission To Begin Again, Start Over, Reevaluate Some Things, Check Yourself. Recognize Yourself.

When You Have A Cast And Crew Of People Who Make It Light Hearted And Crack Jokes, And Break Treats, And Understand That We Are All In This Together. That's A Biggest Plus That You Can Have.

One Of The Things I Love About Africa Is The Amount Of Dignity And Respect And Humility You See All The Time. You Don't Realise How Often You're Disrespected Until You Are Surrounded By Respect.

A Woman Is More Than The Sum Of Her Parts. So I Had An Opportunity To Present Some Work At The White House. I Chose Not Just To Talk About The Sky, The Planet, Love Or Heartache. I Wanted To Actually Be There, To Place A Mark On That Moment.