When I was a kid I was very particular. I was actually beyond particular. I would iron my money and spray it with Polo cologne.

When I was a kid I was very particular. I was actually beyond particular. I would iron my money and spray it with Polo cologne.

There are too many brands. You can start your own brand from your bedroom. It's a good thing and a bad thing.

I thought the Made in America men's wear push was a big revolution in terms of smaller companies taking charge, but it seems like it's gotten out of control.

My agent came to me with a deal from another publisher and I signed a deal and got the advance with no idea of what I was going to do. I probably procrastinated for almost a year, but we had meetings and I was basically going to spoof "Take Ivy," but then it kind of turned into something else. I wanted it to be a book of all the things that made me who I am, like Brooks Brothers, Hot Wheels, "The Andy Griffith Show" and G.I. Joes. I couldn't sit still and do it, so my agent had to come to my house and force me to do it.

I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I would think about it.

When I lace my shoes I can't stand when they are twisted and dirty. It just looks sloppy. Even if it's a new pair of Chuck Taylors and the laces are all twisted it looks like you don't care.