There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]

Never settle for less than your dreams, somewhere, sometime, someday, somehow, you'll find them

I studied literature design and fashion design.

There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.

There's a lid for every pot... You Just have to find yours. -Avery

What’s ready? Was Steinback ready? Hemingway? Shakespeare? Dickens? Jane Austen? They just did it, didn’t they?

So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.