I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

My own style influences have to do with where I grew up, in the Bronx, and I still like to wear bangles and big hoops!

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

You have to remember the value of your individuality - that you have something special and different to offer that nobody else can.

Don't push your weaknesses, play with your strengths

I have the stardom glow.

I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

do something from nothing for nothing is nothing unless it is made something. There is always something common with something and nothing and that is the 'thing

The truth is far beyond what we can see. Therefore my art is an invitation to comprehend this fact.

The study of social progress is to-day not less needed in literature than is the analysis of the human heart.

This is a strange, little, complacent country [Switzerland], in many ways a USA in miniature but of course nearer the center of disturbance!

The law can be an instrument of equalization only as it takes from some persons and gives to other persons. When the law does this, it is an instrument of plunder.

Jericho." "Mac." "Thank you for saving my life. Again.

The human spirit is nurtured by praise, as much as a seedling is nurtured by the soil, the water and the sun.

I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I don't feel the need to go out there and explain that.

I am merely a conduit, a kind of big hairy tool. I am just a plastic funnel connected to a Moog.

The only thing that can stop you is the doubt that you carry in your mind.