I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.

A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination.

Nails are the period at the end of the sentence. They complete the look

I make 98% of my collection in New York City and am generating jobs, so fashion isn't just frivolous for me. I understand levity about it. I also understand the depth of it.

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.

I'm fascinated by furniture design and interiors, and I want to try designing all that stuff.

There's such a feeling of satisfaction when something you imagined turned into something real.

A modern Woman is not necessarily...s omeone who just buys expensive stuff... ...a modern Woman is someone who buys intelligently.

I mean, I can cook, but I'd get very nervous having my food being judged by dinner guests.

There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs.

I have a 6-year-old niece who doesn't look like the majority of girls on the covers of magazines. I hope that by the time she's 16, the world will have changed.

Bruised, beaten, shaken, weakened, tossed, thrown, lost, alone, heard, helped, healed, hope... it still works.

My order of priorities reflects the level of my commitment to Christ. Whoever or whatever is in first place, if it isn't the Lord Jesus, is in the wrong place.

The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.

The world is so rife with narcissists that none of them take enough notice of me.

I'm in a war, a cultural war.

I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a high suspense writer.

Working for a big company is, I believe, much risker than it looks.

I don't care if your world is ending today because I wasn't invited to it anyway.

Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.

Stand up - above the crowd. Even if you've gotta shout out loud!