I wouldn't say there isn't a direct path to a successful career. There are people who knew exactly what they wanted to do from a very young age, weren't going to be diverted, and then they just went out and achieved it.

There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too. So many young people I speak to nowadays think that the only way to get to such a career is by the direct path; but that really only makes sense in certain circumstances.

There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

People define themselves aesthetically at a very young age.

I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.