I'm not as obsessive-compulsive about certain things; I give a lot of latitude to people and support people. I know that I can't do it myself and that you're only as good as the people you have behind you.

I've been away and haven't seen my family. I speak to them every day though. I miss them, but I love traveling.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

Where there is creativity there is hope and Haiti is the most hopeful place I've experienced

My biggest style regret is that I can't fit into the models' clothes.

One of our greatest gifts is out intuition. It is a sixth sense we all have - we just need to learn to tap into and trust it.

I worked with a writer, Kathleen Boyce. It was a wonderful experience...but I didn't expect that the last chapter would be the last chapter of Donna Karan. That was probably the biggest shock.