I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.

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.

Her short path through life had been written and it was not her right to know the meaning, only the outcome.

It's cold water in the face to realize you're not nearly as special and as unusual as you might have thought when you were an alienated teenager.

Now is the moment that never ends.

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.

True wisdom is to know the extent of what you don't know quite as well as you know what you do know.

There is only one thing that makes any one athlete better than another, his heart. We all put our underwear on feet first, so we are all human.

The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy.

A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

If i am ever given the captaincy, I will be very tight on my players to keep them in line.

I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's like 60 - and it doesn't work.