There's a different kind of comfort that comes from knowing that you are putting your best foot forward. It's called psychological comfort. Look at a picture of the Coney Island boardwalk in 1925. Men were in full-on three-piece suits, hats. They may have only had one suit. But they pressed it. They made it look as good as possible.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

Maybe it's because I'm a designer, but when I am in a state of excitement, everything is so sharp and colorful and amazing, and I can look at blue and I see the yellow in it and the green in it, and the green-blues, the yellow-blues, so.

You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.

The idea of losing someone that you love could throw you into a situation where you could not see your future and you really would be living in the past.

It was like one of those dreams at high school when everyone else has clothes on except you.

I'm a very serious person.