I think that maybe growing up and being dyslexic early on, the visual quality of cookbooks specifically was something very enticing to me.

For me, I'll unwind at the end of the day by soaking in Epsom salts. It's the routine I prefer for coming down after crazy days.

When I first got to Brooks Brothers, my mom told me she remembered how upsetting it was trying to find professional clothes in the eighties. Suits would either be over-stylized or frumpy, so she said, 'Make sure it's tailored properly.'

The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body.

Homosexuality is not about love, it's not about family, and it's not about civil rights.

Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you.

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.

It occurred to me that my family had achieved the American Dream, from being poor to starting a business to giving me and my brother an amazing education. It's one reason I joined the Air Force, because I believed I can never give back to America what America has given to my family and me.