Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.

I like to create what I call 'tablescapes.' It's so much more fun when you organize your table around a theme, don't you think?

If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention.

My secret to survival has been embracing life's challenges and not letting them dictate my frame of mind or determine my fate... Learning to stand strong in the face of challenge and adversity is the only way to get through the tough times.

I'm not sure that some of the food purists are in touch with what really goes on in American households.

It's really easy to figure out why I love what I love, the holidays and food. I know the difference between having them and not having them.