8. Project Runway has taught us the power of being nice.

Season 2′s designers went on a field trip to meet Fern Mallis, the creator of New York Fashion Week. They asked what advice she could give them. Fern Mallis: “I said the most important advice I can give you is to be nice. They looked at me as if I had four heads. Tim just smiled from ear to ear. I explained to them that at the end of the day there are a lot of designers out there all doing good work. Ultimately, we all want to do business with people we like. You can get much more accomplished by being nice. You don’t have to be a diva or a bitch to succeed in this industry. People remember and gravitate to the nice people. Tim was so appreciative that I said that. I’ll never forget right after that episode aired I went to a screening and Sarah Jessica Parker grabbed me and said, ‘I loved what you said to them. I loved it. That was the best advice I think that was ever given to them.’ I got great feedback from that over the years.”