A fresh start is always made with dirty laundry.

This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.

The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had - it's a fresh start.

You come in fresh and rested. The burden and pressure aren't there -- yet. It's a new city and you're excited. You've got a few days to correct whatever ails you or fine-tune whatever you are doing right.

When you're lying in bed at night and regrets from the day come to steal your sleep...
"I should have"
"If only I'd"
"I wish I'd"
...grab one of them and turn it into an "I will" and sleep peacefully knowing tomorrow will be a better day.

Hollywood Regency is a label some people put on me, but I consider myself a modernist in that I always try to make the work feel fresh.