I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I couldn't be a Girl Scout anymore. I was in clubs like Junior Achievement, and I ran track and field. My grades were good, but then toward 11th grade they were nothing. I always went to summer school.

If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun.

Usually, the best ideas come from other people's good ideas, which then, after a short gestation period, become your ideas.

I'm not a first-place person.

I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to make things. I don't break that down to be weakness, or the only things women can do, or putting me back 20 years.

My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.

Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school.