I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

The most luxurious item is a beautiful bed and beautiful, simple sheets.

I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

Luxury is...to be able to take control of one's life, health, and the pursuit of happiness in a way that is joyful.

I love people - it is not the fashion, it is the people in fashion I love.

Some days are good; some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.

People need to be edited; life needs to be edited. I need to be edited.

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

Drekitude is the lowest point in the lowest ebb. It could be your look. It could be your shoes. It could be that you're standing wrong. Drek is a total, total, total hot mess.

I don't tear down. I prefer to build up.

People love fashion exhibits because they can fantasize. They can respond to a dress even if they can never wear a dress like that.

Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

I'm a tad paranoid. I think the person in front of me is following me the long way round.

We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been

Pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

There's no battered woman alive who didn't know in advance that the man was bad.

Things don't get tough in the studio. Sometimes things get tough outside the studio and going in the studio is a relief, a sanctuary, therapy.

I am trying to keep growing and improving as a writer.