Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

Most people don’t think most of the time. They just use other people’s thoughts as a crutch to get by.

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

Marriage is like the romantic ideal, and yet the trappings around it and the culture about it are really the opposite of that.

My god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being.

This was in 2004, and it told me that President [Barack] Obama intended to be very careful and noncontroversial in addressing race matters. I

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

If you bounce a tennis ball against a wall it will come back to you the same way every time. But if you shift the wall a few degrees it will come back another way.