If your business isn't the best quality, it will not succeed.

A statement necklace glams up any outfit without feeling like too much.

Shoes are the finishing touch on any outfit and it is important to complete a look with the perfect pair!

Figuring out what to wear is much easier if you first think about what effect you want to create.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

You have to be the person you want to be - and start now. If you don't begin the process yourself, you're going to be waiting forever.

Every community has its own specialty and it's not just for clothing obviously, but for the home, etc.

It's a big pay off when I see a woman wearing my stuff. It's really gratifying.

I'd like to be with an interesting man who is understanding about having a busy partner.

The economy made me focus on designing more must-haves.

Better is the most important step to becoming your best. If you want to be your best, you need to start by getting better. Start doing better. Good, better, best. That's how it works.

I need complicated railroad journeys and people speaking to me in foreign languages to keep me happy. I want to see the world and write stories about everything I see.

It takes physical, spiritual and mental preparation to overcome the life challenges.

I didn't go there lightly. I knew even then that this was the beginning of something very hard to reverse. But I couldn't do otherwise now: I was too possessed

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied.Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.

Prose is like hair; it shines with combing.

I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.

What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder.