Crawford: "Fashion and style is just that. Fashion and style. It's not brain surgery."

Crawford: "I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone."

Crawford: "Being a nice girl from the Mid-West, my inclination is always to give in and say yes because I want people to like me."

Crawford: "Obviously, your family life is the priority, but there's still other stuff you have to get done in a day. I think the way I make it work is by taking care of myself, and that includes fitness and eating right and all those things, but also by being very organized and punctual."

Crawford: "I'm all-American. Sexy but not intimidating. Not the kind of woman who's going to steal someone's husband."

Crawford: "I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom."

Crawford: "You don't have to do the picture, you don't have to do the autograph, but it's important to take that moment to make a human connection."

Crawford: "The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned."

Crawford: "Most of the reason I work out now is not for the external - it's for how I feel. I find working out gives me more energy. I started eight days after he was born."

Crawford: "I don't look the same as I did 20 years ago, nor should I."

Crawford: "It's important for moms to have alone time. However, that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it."

Crawford: "I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there."

Crawford: "I don't want to have to be beautiful all the time. I want to be able to look cruddy in my weekend sweats, with a pimple on my face and pimple cream on top of the pimple. The expectation to always be beautiful bothers me."

Crawford: "In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare."

Crawford: "I believe that at least 70 percent of parenting goes to the mother. In our house, I'm the one who knows about all the school stuff, helps with the homework, organizes the play dates, and remembers the birthday parties."

Crawford: "I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do."

Crawford: "I just want to be a nice girl from the Midwest - I don't want to have to act like a heavy to be taken seriously, and I resent that I have to be so pushy and political sometimes just to do my job."