I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested.

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

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

It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people.

The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea.

And the relationships that happen become so intense, deep, involved and complex and really hard to say goodbye to. The hardest part of the show is saying goodbye when it's all done. It really breaks you.

I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work.