Fifty-seven percent of Americans are do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and artisans and makers.

You can be the most beautiful person on earth, and if you don't have a fitness or diet routine, you won't be beautiful.

I was the second of six kids. I wouldn't say we were poor; we had no money. That's different.

You should never accept what can be offered to you if you feel it can be improved.

I live in the same house I’ve lived in for 25 years. I haven’t gone off and bought mansions, you know, even though my subject is living… living in a mansion wouldn’t do for my readers. I have to keep my credibility alive with my readers, so we’re in the same place. I just make that place nicer and nicer. And… and that’s a secret. And people don’t know that. People think, oh, she lives in this fabulous place, it’s the same old place. It started out like a farm, it got to be a farmette, then it got to be an estatelet. I built a wall, it helped a lot. But it’s the same place, the same grounded nature.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.

Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time.