I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.

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.

.if you think like any others you will not be different..

The possibilities are endless now, with performing, getting your music online, getting your own website and getting your music out there. I think that's very cool and amazing.

I didn't really go the starving-artist route. I kind of went and did massive, commercial things.

Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species.

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.

I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer.

My errors were more fertile than I ever imagined.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

I do always feel very proud and flattered by being asked to be a part of American productions playing American characters.

On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.