Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding.

You have to focus on what's important to you and go for it. But don't stab people in the back. It poisons your whole life if you're like that.

Our families and our homes are the center of American life, Everything we do is to make those homes-and the lives in them-more beautiful, more comfortable, more functional and more full of life and light and joy for those we love.

If you learn something new every day, you can teach something new every day

Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.

My dream... was to be an eclectic knowledge-gathering person.

I want you to know that I am innocent - and that I will fight to clear my name.