New York Fashion Week comes only twice a year, make it count

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.

American style is about confidence, independence, diversity and free expression.

Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

The possibilities are endless, so never be discouraged by a setback, no matter how big.

I think preppy stands for optimism, confidence, energy and authenticity.

I always say if I weren't a fashion designer, my other dream job is being a rock star!

My passion for music has always inspired my designs.

I saw my future. I pictured it, but didn't quite know how to get there. But I knew that I should never give up.

I try not to have regrets and to learn from every experience.

One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that's how people live.

Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.

No, the magic doesn't wear off at midnight. It's much more powerful than that. It comes from you. You wanted something, and so it came to be.

No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.

Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.

I like working on things that are very different and that involve different disguises.

When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.

I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

I think I was a pretty selfish athlete.

Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't drown in the metaphor.

I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it.