How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it-that's the thing.

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.

This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.

Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.

Creation, in all its forms, is where I find beauty. If I could travel as far outward as I have inward, I would know with the utmost conviction that distance does not exist.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

The same people who smile in my face would be the same ones to talk behind my back.

Inevitably we start by thinking that if our work is any good, we'll get money. It's as we would if you started up a business or if you work in another profession.

I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn't than live as if he doesn't exist to find out He does.

Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.

From speaking with my mother I learned that forgiveness is a process that begins with the choice to end your own suffering.

Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day.

How do you fight an invisible opponent like suspicion?

Those who do not know history will forever remain children