The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.

The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.

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

My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

The word 'Spanx' was funny. It made people laugh. No one ever forgot it.

Embrace what you don't know, especially in the beginning, because what you don't know can become your greatest asset. It ensures that you will absolutely be doing things different from everybody else.