I stopped feeling like I didn't belong anywhere, and realized that I actually belonged anywhere I wanted to be.

Without ego I don't know how identity works, I don't know... I need to sit down and re-read some philosophy or something.

When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility

I'm not out there picking out every single item that we sell, and also we don't even make every single item that we sell.

Well advice people have told me that is that, "If people aren't suing you, you haven't made it," which I don't necessarily believe but with greater success comes greater responsibility and being one of the few female entrepreneurs who I think has been as public as I have been, you're definitely under a spotlight. It's difficult to manage.

We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur