Media Personalities

"This is the job I've been working toward my entire career," said Norman. "To be building a new channel inspired by Oprah Winfrey and backed by Discovery Communications is a challenge I welcome, and I am thrilled to bring their vision for OWN to life."

"Stories are the ways we make sense of ourselves and learn about others. At its heart, storytelling is all about building connections through sharing and listening. When we share our experiences, we make ourselves vulnerable — and when we listen, we create space for empathy and understanding."

"“We all want to be seen, heard, and understood. And when someone sees you and can understand your experience, it’s a very powerful thing. And I think that was one of the things that I was able to bring to the brand… For me to have had the success that I did, and for that success to have been rooted in Black culture, I think was really impactful for a lot of people.”"

"“Everyone can have their own path and has their own possibilities. So, what works for one doesn’t necessarily work for another.”"

"“Now, because of social media, every player has a platform and they’re seeing what their influence can be.”"

"“What I love to be able to bring to what I do is part creativity, business, experience, innovation and curiosity, and push that forward into hopefully finding something new.”"

"Good people win and that good work is rewarded."

"What's so interesting to me is really finding a way to tell fresh, new stories."

"One thing I've definitely learned from Oprah is that you just have to stay completely focused: This is what our mission is. This is what our vision is. This is how we are going to judge ourselves at the end of the day."

"“I don't know that I can jump from one fire into the other and really do it justice.""

"Oprah is not the face of the network. She’s the inspiration of the network. The audience is the face of the network."

"I want to be a woman because being a woman has paved a lot of ways for me. Women don’t actually know how powerful they are. They don’t know how to use their resources as a woman."

"I allow people to say a lot of different things because that’s what keeps me trending all the time."

"In my opinion, money is everything. Anyone with that notion that money is not everything is deceiving his or herself."

"I choose my truth and if you don’t like it SUCK IT."

"In 10 years I will use my voice to bring the world together through sports"

"She is one of the strongest women in the media who uses her strength to encourage young girls and women in Ghana"

"She is a voice to reckon with in the Media"

"For the first time, I’m dealing with businessmen who have huge respect for the arts. As such, I didn’t have to fight for what I really want, as I’ve had in the past"

"I bring on board a female voice, my own personality, a sense of humor, my own following, passion, et cetera. Luckily, Bola and I share a common vision, but we are different personalities."

"Time management also calls for discipline, sacrifice and making good use of leisure hours. I also learn to have a social life, in order to relax."

"Fear does not know ‪Gender‬. To be afraid to try, be you a man or woman, means you’re afraid to take advantage of your ever – evolving environment. Take a leap."

"When God sees that you are ready,he will ACTIVATE the ambition.This is your year! You are gonna be great!No one can stop you!"

"The dream,the passion mean NOTHING if they aren't backed by hardwork,smart navigation,and deep PRAYER."

"All it takes is changing your habits"

"I saw fast marriages like Khloe and Lamar’s and that was what seemed to work. [Now] I say give it a good six months before you commit. Feelings change, even if it seems so lustful."

"It's not easy. But, I mean, I raise the kids, you know, full-time. They live with me. I welcome a great, healthy relationship with my kids and their dad, and I think he knows that, I push for it all the time, but I also protect them when, you know, it's time for that. And it goes in waves and phases and it’s a lot of work."

"They love their life and their routine and their schedule, And I think just their job as their mom is just to make sure that they stick to their routine and they're healthy and happy. Look, it’s not easy no matter what, co-parenting with anyone."

"I've never once done that. There's been so many times where I've been like, 'Oh, I just wanna show all of these texts. What are you talking about?' We just haven't heard. I begged them, you know, to go hang out or things like that, But, it's more of just the narrative that like, I think it's all good and we're living our life and then I just wake up and there's all these tweets about how I've kidnapped the kids and I'm like, it's not a kidnapping, it's a divorce. We can still all be in each other’s lives and have group dinners."

"I will, you know, say, 'Hey, let's do it here at my house,' or, 'Let's figure out a different time, But actually, when he is like that, he doesn’t really want to see the kids a lot, so if he’s having a hard time, he doesn’t. So, it’s always worked out."

"That narrative really sucks for me and if I spoke out about it and rebutted it, I'm just not that girl online that's going to fight back and be like wait a minute, your assistant and you said you wanted a whole different birthday party and you said your party's at four, so we did ours at noon, now you're going online? It's just a totally different narrative than what the reality is, and that just really sucks."

"I mean, I don’t have a concept of what certain simple things cost, You know, I’d like to know a little bit more about what a milk carton costs."

"I was in a tough position. I didn't, And I was in a tough position because I don't think they were in a position to have shared that information. It wasn't like a healthy place. And so I kind of didn't know if I should take it seriously or not. I had to wait a time period to really assess and see what was happening."

"When you're in your 20s and stuff, it's like all out psycho war, like, take them down, Psychoness when you're in one of those — and that has happened but it's like calling the person. I'll always call the person and go off."

"he psycho side of me would come out just to make the call, and then I'd be like, ‘Okay, that felt good."

"I was at dinner with all of my best friends, put it on speaker board wondering where my boyfriend was. He was flying in town to meet another girl on my birthday and lied to me that he was in a different city."

"hey always knew that he had a big life traveling before and was always on tour and all of that and that he lives in different countries all the time and loves to live all over the place. So we manage it really well. They love their lives and their routine and schedule. My job as their mom is just to make sure they stick to their routine and that they’re healthy and happy."

"Once my mental health starts to get affected and then I can’t parent the way that I need to and I can’t be present and focused, then there’s gotta be one of us that can, And I had to save myself in order to be a better mom for everyone. And I think when everyone’s older, they’ll be able to understand it and see that all."

"I know this sounds crazy, but I know that was meant to happen to me. I don’t want to start crying, but I feel like that was so meant to happen to me, I’m such a different person. I, um…I don’t want to start crying anymore. It was meant to happen to me. I really feel like things happen in your life to teach you things. It was probably no secret, and you see it on the show—I was being flashy and I was definitely materialistic before."

"It’s not to say that I’ll never wear jewelry again or anything like that, [but] I truly don’t know if I’d ever feel comfortable. I don’t know if I’d ever wear real jewelry again, Just…my whole life as changed as far as how I travel and security. I never thought that I needed security staying outside my door, even though I had a lot of jewelry. If you think about it, yeah, I should have had a security guard outside my door 24/7 when I’m traveling and I didn’t. Now, I have several, just for me to be able to sleep at night."

"Sometimes you’re just not ready. A person could have it all, and you’re not ready for it all. But this is where I probably always should have been…[marriage] is something I know that we both want in our future, but I don’t have this sense of urgency about it. I have this best friend who understands me and helps me through all my tough experiences, and vice versa, you know? It just feels like this is it for me."

"I was in such a deep depression I thought I was going to back away from it all,You know when you just have that feeling that he's the one? When we moved in I had the feeling he was not the one."

"If anything, the tough decision to end that relationship was such a risk of losing ratings, losing my fan base, but I had to take that risk for myself."

"I've obviously made plenty of mistakes in my lifetime, but I'm not the type to sit and beat myself up over it, If a real lesson was learned, I'm so okay with having experienced that."

"That's so ridiculous. We have to hire a manager, why not hire our mother? No one will fight harder for you than your own mother."

"I'm a completely different person. I don't know if it's growing up or being with Kanye, who's more private, but I try and live my off time as privately as possible. I used to enjoy the spotlight. If I had a day off from filming, I didn't know what to do. Now I enjoy my family time so much, there is this sense of, If it all went away, and I was just a mom, I would love my life."

"When I found out I was pregnant [with North], I was going through an awful divorce, Kanye and I had just been dating for seven months—granted, we knew each other for a decade—and I was like, "I can't do this. It's not the right time." But then I figured, If I'm in my thirties and I'm not ready, I'll never be ready. So it's been the biggest lesson, and the biggest joy of my life."

"My best friend told me, "You'll never remember what your life was like before her, but it'll be OK."... North has taught me patience. There's nothing I wouldn't do for her. And nothing I wouldn't do for my husband. She's empowered us to want to be the best parents and the best spouses.... Today North put on these Manolo heels of mine and was walking perfectly around my closet. I sent Kanye a video of her; he was like, "Tell her to stop! She cannot grow up, she cannot wear your heels.""

"I mean, obviously as you grow up, no one's ever 100 percent proud of every decision that they've made, and that's OK. I think as long as you learn from your mistakes, and don't make them over and over again, you're on the right path."

"I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way. Are there things I'd take back? I don't know if I'd take back the lessons that I've learned. Yeah, there are things that I'd be embarrassed about or wish didn't happen, but if I didn't have all those bad, crazy things, would I be who I am today? I don't know."