A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.

Style is an extension of yourself. My approach is to enhance the personality of the wearer, so he has his own voice

You can't have style if you don't have substance.

Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.

I have my fashion empire to build.

If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.

Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.

I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.

I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.

I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship.

When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

The Internet is the aggregate of human derpitude.Listening to the Internet without being confident you've found a well-curated garden relative to the area of concern is a bad idea.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.

Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality.

In the Far East, we look at life in terms of circles. In the West, they look at life more in terms of squares and rectangles.

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

I only think well when my mind is calm.

The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.

I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.