I'm never going to be a modern gal. I love colonial. I love early American. I love a big rectangular piece of brown furniture on a hardwood floor.

The only important thing in this life is to figure out how to use the experiences that you have to make the world a better place.

To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.

Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.

It was the first time, in the West Wing, I had ever read anyone write a Southerner properly. Because Southern women, in my opinion, are complicated and are equally feminine and driven. That's kind of an unusual combination and people usually tend to get it wrong.

I always felt my emancipation into truly being a grown-up was when I had to figure out how to fold up a king-size fitted bottom sheet on my own.

If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.