Life is a big collaboration - and when you're tackling something that is painful and troubling and is causing you such desperate grief that you think life's not worth living - you need to reach out. To people who will reach back.

I learned quickly that if the student’s perception is that you’re not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.

I pretty much stay true to myself and try to find the good in people and not be snarky.

I'm much more of a Leo than I am a Cancer.

I'm honest about expressing my opinions. At the same time, I'm diplomatic in how I do critique things if I have a negative response.

When it comes to Project Runway, for me the most memorable look ever presented goes back to season one, episode one, when Austin Scarlett created a ravishing cocktail dress out of cornhusks. It was really amazing.

I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.