Lisa Bonet

“I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.”

“That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn't even really a choice.”

“My life is art. Its how I express God.”

“Prisons are like the concentration camps of our time. So many go in and never come out, and primarily they're black and Latino.”

“We're getting ready to take over the world. My group of girlfriends - we're renegades.”

“The Cosby years were a major part of my life, but it is the past; I don't really concentrate on it.”

“Everyone has their story. Everyone has issues. You have to face your fears.”

“We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.”

“My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.”

“Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.”

“Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's natural. No Bible, no Torah, just the love religion.”