I wouldn't be who I am without my husband, who handled the business end of Donna Karan so I could be creative.

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.

Every woman has the power to seduce the world with her uniqueness, passion and creativity.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

Pasta is my favorite comfort food, but sometimes my body really wants a steak, and I'll have one.

I believe in the power of women. As nurturers, we have a unique ability to care and share and make the world a better place. Women Who Inspire are women who are making a difference.

Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit.

The most important thing any woman can do is promote her inner well-being

Every problem has a creative solution.

Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and how she feels

What's the reason behind success and failure. The answer is simple ME

What we call patriotism, in other words, is a calculable force which, released by a predictable situation, will animate man in a manner no different from other territorial species.

Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.

If I weren't involved with food, I'd be working in architecture. Design is that critical to me.

I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.

Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal.

I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book.

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on Big Brother.

I'm not a natural reader but there are books I'll read and read again.