I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.

I love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires me: the people I meet, boutiques I visit, a florist that just gave me a great idea for an interior-design project, things like that.

There are so many roads you can take that will lead you the wrong way, that nobody will hear your name.

If everything was going smoothly you would never build character.

I don't get to do as much sightseeing as I would like to.

I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.

I think when you know what you are going to wear, it fits and it's great material, then you feel confident in it.