Quotes

I'm so fortunate that I've chosen the right career path. Yes, perhaps I could have been out there with my own restaurant earning a load more dosh, but television has been good to me.

My books are easy to use and real - and guess what, I sometimes use convenience food in my recipes!

It's my nature to be happy, and food is something I'm passionate about.

With me, you know what you get - approachable food.

All the time I'm trying to evolve, I'm trying to do different things, bring new flavours to people, not just put my name on the something for the sake of it.

We've become lazy and a bit spoilt and we want our food quickly and easily.

People must plan their meals better.

I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11 and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life.

If something was to happen to part of my family, I don't know what I'd do.

There's so many things that people do on a daily basis that they do as a way of defining who they are. But really, what defines who you are is when circumstances push you to the edge.

I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11, and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life. I think millions of people were forever changed.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

You can't control where you were born, the family you were born into, what you look like; you can't control any of those circumstances. The only thing you can control is how you react.

I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.

Bravery is the engine of change.

Marriage is a blood sport. Marriage is jousting. It's disembowelment. It's just terrible, terrible visceral injuries. It's not for everybody.

Pop culture hales you and wants you to fail.

Comedy is ugly. It's honest, it's raw.

Marriage isn't a carnival ride.

I grew up on the back of a motorcycle - my dad didn't have a car until I was a teenager.

I really love being busy because I am - feel like I am at my best when I am busy.

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.

Pursuit of perfection is futile. Instead, I prioritize and often realize goals or tasks I've been aiming for just aren't that important.

For someone to say that marriage is only about procreation is a joke. I didn't marry my husband to have children. I married my husband because I love my husband.