I think we're on a journey....It was very easy to write about my past in my book, but writing about the present is all a new chapter. I hope that people find this journey fascinating, informative and educational.

When I go to Bali, when I come to India and travel and see different cultures. I make sure I'm involved in the world out there, creatively, culturally.

I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.

Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.

I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.

When you grow a business, it belongs to a lot of other people besides you. As much as you want to control it, the minute you go public, it becomes a business . . .

I believe Hillary [Clinton] should be the president. I believe having her and her husband in the White House is what the country needs .