Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it's actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or finally have a proper curry is something pretty amazing.

Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.

Who you are as a person will only be amplified once you are 'famous, ' so if you had a good heart, then I would imagine you'll have the same good heart but the means to do even more with it.

Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing.

I love Ralph Lauren. As I travel so much, I prefer to shop online.

I always want off-the-beaten-path, Anthony Bourdain-inspired travel.

On a normal day, I love a shift dress with flats and a little cropped jacket. That, for me, is my travel wear if it's not too chilly - you can throw a scarf over your legs if it's cold on the plane!

I'm deeply and passionately involved in the design process. I'm a brash American, and if my name is going to be on something, I'm going to have my say.

My mom is a yoga instructor: 100% black with dreadlocks.

My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.

When I was 13 years old, my mom had me start getting facials in my hometown of Los Angeles.

Once you're already in hell, it's too late to beg for mercy.

The most notable fact that our culture imprints on women is a sense of our limits. The most important thing a woman can do for another is to illuminate her actual possibilities.

'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.

The teachers don't know anything. What are the kids going to learn with a horrible education system?

It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain

Management capability is always less than the organization actually needs.

It had run as a column - I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it.

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.