My design has always been a derivative of people I meet. I want to translate who they are and their personality into a room.

I'm not a big fan of the tchotchkes. It always reminds me of a grandma's stuffy home with a million Santa dolls.

I think it's really important to bring your own personality to the space you're in.

The concept of having staple pieces with clean, basic lines, and adding accessories to funk it all up is one that applies to both fashion and decorating. There are so many parallels.

One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.

Learn, relearn and outlearn.

You can’t improve what you won’t face and own.

I don't do much driving - about 5,000-6,000 miles a year. And most of that is to the airport and to the racing circuits.

All philosophy is a form of confession.

Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness?

Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any Manner contrary to their conscience.

Kids need a mom and a dad, and people understand that. Marriage between a mom and a dad is most important for kids.

My favorite movies are love stories.