oprah: and now you're cancer-free. you went through stage-4 cancer, and cancer-free. >> yes. through the years, you inspired me to write this, to share my journey going to chinatown and finding herbs that--my physicians said, "western medicine has done all it can. i'm sending you to chinatown. you'll meet these practitioners, and you'll listen to them," and it balanced my life. oprah: so you were living with an open heart. >> yes. oprah: what i was saying to bo. you were living with an open heart. >> yes. oprah: but you know, it's so interesting. this is a fascinating book, "my life in three acts." and you were so candid with everything. you said that being cute and getting attention were not good things that you decided, which is--when i read that, i thought, that's so interesting. you were foxy brown. you were, you know, the iconic image, particularly for african-american girls, and you were thinking, "being cute and getting attention were not good