- [AN: All notes are taken verbatim from the book. I claim no rights to them.]
- The World According to Martha Stewart by Bill Adler
Introduction: Like Oprah andCher, needs only be called by her first name
- Hallmark characteristics
- i. Drive for perfection
- ii. Pride in accomplishments
- On Herself“What I try to do every single day is learn. I learned that from Barnard.”
- On Fans
- On Her Critics
- On Customers
- On Being a Perfectionist
- On Entertaining
- On Decorating“Edit. Decide what you really want in a room. Don’t get cluttered.”
- On Holidays
- On Fashion“Buttons are the fossils of the sartorial world, enduring long past the garments they were designed to hold together.”
- On Food“The dining room is a defunct room in the house these days. People eat in the kitchen.”
- On Style
- On Weddings“The cake defines the style of the wedding almost as much as the bride’s dress.”
- On Her Business PhilosophyThere’s very little patience for failure.”
- On Branding
- On the Internet
- “There is no such thing as an instant business.”
- On Kmart“How else could I reach 77 million people.”
- On Her Magazine“There is always room for another good thing.”
- On Fame
- On Home“Home is where we live. It’s where we do most of our thinking, eating, also practice most of our hobbies.”
- On Marriage
- On Pets
- On Family
- On Household Chores“I want to elevate the role of the homemaker to a higher level. Homemaking shouldn’t be a drudgery.”
- “Some people don’t know how to take care of their houses anymore. Mothers forgot to teach the new generation.”
- On Some Pet Peeves
- On the Stock Market
- On the Inclone Debacle“I want to finish my salad!”
- On Serving Time“Wished to be in a prison near her home so her mother could come and visit.”
- “I don’t really miss material things at all. It was kinds of nice having a rest from material things.”
- “I didn’t miss cappuccino. I missed the idea of cappuccino.”
- On Her Deal with Sirius
- On Television and Her TV Show“There is a hope on the part of Mark Burnett, my executive producer, that my sense of humor will come out a bit more.”
- On Other People
- What Other People say about Martha
- “Perfectionism is her greatest strength and greatest weakness.”