I want to prove you don't need to have academic syntax to be intelligent.
Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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.
I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common.
I want everybody to run at the same speed as me. But some people are more conscientious, they think more and they plan more. And they're more careful.
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.
But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
