I am a control freak.

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.

I love vintage and prints.

I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.

Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading.

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.

My wedding was at home, so I didn't really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz.

I look much more civilized than I actually am.

I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.

My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

Oh, I thought of calling it Journeyings in Germany. It sounds well, and would be correct. Or Jottings from German Journeyings--I haven't quite decided yet... (Minora)

Smile if you want to be happy now

The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.

My childhood, I would say, was a bit sad.

Great people attract great people. The quality of your team can play a big role in employee happiness.

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.

The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising.

A man will be known by his books.