I've always tried to push myself technically and to push myself visually. That's been part of the journey.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

You can't conceive the perverse ingenuity he could put into hiding his affections.

Now we go in and take over, " answered A. "It's our duty to help these people.

The starkest rejection letter might be followed by a million-dollar advance. Don't let rejection start to look the same as failure.

True ownership of anything requires time.

I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

Cancer' is such a frightening word.

I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes.

The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing burden on those who produce.

All I can tell everybody is, I'm the same guy, just on a different team.