“I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gift...”

“The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.”

“My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status.”

“I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side.”

“The preppy lifestyle has gone global. We feel that our business has grown so well because preppy travels so well. It's all-American classic.”

“'The Cut' is going to give someone the opportunity of a lifetime and help that person achieve his or her dreams.”

“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”

“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”