Kelli O'Hara

I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually.

Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table.

It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else.

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.