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

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.

I sit quietly and repeat my mantra until I'm in a meditative state, taking it all in but not focusing on any one thing.

Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies-they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.

I also miss the support that I had of so many people. You know I'm a very Ma and Pa operation right now, and I was used to having everything working for me. It was a similar situation when I left Anne Klein and started Donna Karan. All of a sudden I was working in my apartment and it was, "Oh my god, what am I doing?"

There's such a void in the medical system. When my husband was sick, it became very apparent to me that the nurses were doing the doctor's job, and the doctors were doing the disease job, so no one was caring for the patient and the loved one.

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