I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department.

Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.

If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.

I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.

I'd never worked in fashion or retail. I just needed an undergarment that didn't exist.