Every time you come to the limit of what is demanded of you, you are faced with the same problem-to be yourself!

I had a microscopic eye for the blemish, for the grain of ugliness which to me constituted the sole beauty of the object.

It was a crushing defeat, but it put iron in my backbone and sulphur in my blood. I knew at least what it was to fail. I knew what it was to attempt something big.

. . .in your light, had I learned to love, here in your beauty, could I speakknowing of this space close withinas the breath held inside a garden rose, there— there is no time.

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again

I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.

If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.

I can't think of another writer who can move me as surreptitiously as Vian does

Magic is the deliberate manipulation of coincidence.

My diary is a disaster...I can't spell at all...I'll spell the same word completely differently in the same sentence.

One has to understand that we have to become a higher personality which is the spirit, which is the truth, which is the enlightened attention, and which is the joy.

Salvador Dali and fifty cents will get you a cup of clock melt.