I don't think there's any company that has the same tools as Martha Stewart Living does, and people know that. They really love the tools and, if you have the tools, you can pretty much do the craft.

If you're doing a recipe on national television, there's really no room for being sloppy or a nonperfectionist.

Being a perfectionist is not an evil thing.

In New York, I get a tremendous amount of ideas by looking at the paintings and the sculptures, adapting artistic endeavors to crafts. There is a lot of inspiration around us that we can see every day and turn into projects.

I was married for 30 years. Isn't that enough? I've had my share of dirty underwear on the floor.

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

I don't have time to have friends come and stay, except on weekends in Maine. I invite a lot of people to come to Maine.