My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

I'm not the bake-sale-mom type - though once in a while, I'll make challah French toast for my sons.

Having an eye is one thing, but you have to be able to execute.

There is a voice, and there is a DNA to how I design.

Hollywood Regency is a label some people put on me, but I consider myself a modernist in that I always try to make the work feel fresh.

By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have a great spirit.

Informed clients are better clients, and they make for better design.