I know people don't think I work.

They don't know they're living in a glass house.

It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

I've enjoyed being a part of something from the beginning, when we were still finding our footing.

Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.

Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate.

They don't have to listen to anybody - except a professional designer, of course.

Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.

It started as just a little cable show.