Karrine Steffans Quotes
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It's my job to turn my mess [life] into a message and never regret a day of my life.
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much.
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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!
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People don't change at their core. If you're a good person, you are a good person. What changes is our behavior.
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Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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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.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.
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When it comes to my interpersonal relationships with men, of course, a lifetime of abuse vastly affected everything I did. I always came from a place of abuse, actually wanting, welcoming, and accepting it because that was my language. It never seemed strange to me.
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People are attracted to your light because they want it for themselves. It's like fireflies. When we were kids in New York, we would visit my dad and catch fireflies because we were so attracted to their light. Put them in jars next to our bed, and then they'd die. Then we'd go out the next night and get another firefly. That's how people are.
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Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.
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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.
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My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine.
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I never heard 'I love you' as a child. I never felt pretty or cared for.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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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.
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I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.
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I don't even listen to hip-hop anymore. All my friends are white and over 40.
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I want them [female fans] to not be afraid to live life, to not be afraid to make bad decisions because there are a lot of lessons and blessings in those decisions. Sometimes, if you don't fall into the pit, you won't reach out to God.
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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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.
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Live life without being afraid of judgment from others because judgment from other sinners is invalid.