Quotes from Karrine Steffans

At first I craved the stability of the regimen, but it became mundane, and all of a sudden I wanted chaos.

I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.

People don't change at their core. If you're a good person, you are a good person. What changes is our behavior.

Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.

I'm a power fanatic. I like to own things, and have them be mine. Acting doesn't belong to you, if you're not the writer or the director.

I don't recognize hate, I don't recognize bitterness, I don't recognize jealousy, I don't recognize greed. I don't give them power. They don't exist to me.

The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.

Live life without being afraid of judgment from others because judgment from other sinners is invalid.

Making bad decisions and choosing the wrong partner can ruin your life for a long time, perhaps forever.

There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.

It's my job to turn my mess [life] into a message and never regret a day of my life.

A lot of times, women complain about men around them. It's not always someone else's fault. If you're the common denominator in 57 different relationships that didn't work out, then maybe, just maybe... it's you!

Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.

I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.

I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.

Truth and honesty is my thing.

I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.

I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.

Learning unconditional love helped me have healthier relationships, including my current marriage.

We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.

The thing about loving someone is that you have to love them the way they need to be loved and not the way you want to love them.

Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.

When Goldie Hawn wrote her memoirs, no one said Goldie Hawn was snitching. When Jane Fonda wrote her memoirs, no one said Jane Fonda was snitching.