Be really good with budgets because they keep getting smaller.

In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

In designing Supergirl, I wanted to embrace the past but more importantly, thrust her into the street-style action hero of today.

I like the architecture of lingerie.

Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me.

If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story.

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.

As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things.

I think what's fun about the fairytales is just seeing what everybody interprets them as, which comes from the different directors and what they want to do with them.

That is the difference between great men and small, we great are willing to do the hard things, the uncomfortable things to ensure we succeed.

The devil is the god of this world and he has blinded our eyes.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

Historically, when times are bad, voters, especially in the Industrial Midwest, have turned to the Democrats.

Think about that: 81 percent of Americans believe that Obama lies to them at least 'now and then' on 'important matters.'

I hate it when people pilfer my things.

This moment is your life. It is the process of living, the journey, that is life itself, and we often wish away our lives by focusing only on what tomorrow could, should, would bring.

Now, Social Security through the years, for many many people, has been a terrible investment. It's really a tax, that's all it is. Social Security is a tax.

Put life into living, and do it with enthusiasm!