People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.
I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.
New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet.
I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common.
When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade.
My only goal as a comedian was to stomp the life out of the model-minority myth.
I like a walking culture; I need to be in a city where you can walk everywhere.
I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
I want to prove you don't need to have academic syntax to be intelligent.
I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.
I don't think people in America understand race, and how deep the hooks of whiteness there are in our consciousness.
I blog because I have something to say.
I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
