"I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet."

"My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world, that's not realistic."

"I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there."

"When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho."

"Never give up on anybody."

"I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment."

"So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album."

"It is a enduring truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground — an essential principle for the reflective life."