Don't you think that a lot of designers get into fashion because they have something about themselves that they don't like?

I could never live without artwork. It's a constant inspiration.

I wanted to create an extremely sexy fragrance that would turn a man's head.

No scent is more sensual or more memorable to me than musk.

For me, it is exciting to see a woman take a chance and wear something out of the ordinary.

Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible.

You may grow very quickly the first two years and then watch the business decline, unless you really start selling product at any price range with various degrees of quality.

I never work with one inspiration in mind. I like to take things from everywhere and piece it together. It's never a theme or a trick.

Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.

I realize that I live in the same environment that I did when I was a kid, but with less junk and better art.

I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

Acceptance and Work If you have a job without aggravations you don't have a job.

Music is going to go in some direction that is entirely inconceivable now. If someone had been asked twenty years ago what direction they thought music was going in, they wouldn't have said sampling.

My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.

Hip-hop music, in my opinion, is still very closed-minded, and if you're trying to do something that's too different, you get categorized as trying to do some kind of "alternative hipster" thing.

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

I never thought Oregon would elect to the U.S. Senate a Mormon, but it did.

Powerful groups with anti-Christian worldviews dominate major media and major educational institutions.

I met my old lover on the street last night. She seemed so glad to see me, I just smiled. Then we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beers, still crazy after all these years.

The hard fact is that so long as Saddam remains in power, he threatens the well-being of his people, the peace of his region, and the security of the world.