I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration.

Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods.

The birth of any show is always a rough one.

Oprah has this intense curiosity that I haven't found with any interviewer.

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.

That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.