I'm A Designer, I Love It, And

I Had The Idea For The Show Like A Year And A Half, Two Years Ago. And It Was All About The Things That I Didn't Like About Tv. I Was Trying To Create A Positive Solution For It. And It Actually Worked.

Being On Oprah? You Realize That There Are A Couple Of Types Of Audience Members. There Are Like The Cult People In The Audience Who Are Just Crying Before She Gets On. And Then There Are The People Who Are Playing It Cool. I Definitely Was Somewhere In The Middle.

It's About The Power Of Design And The Power Of The Human Spirit. It's Above Paying Anybody To Do Something Stupid For Money Like Reality Television Does - Like Ambushing People.

I Think We Typically, As Northerners, Stereotype What The South Is In So Many Negative Ways. We Kind Of Forget All The Beautiful Things That They Contribute To Make This Country A Country.

I'm Opening A Store At The End Of The Month In The New York Meatpacking District. I'm Launching A Line Of Bedding This Summer, And I Am Writing A Book That Will Be Out Next January.