I grew up in a show biz family and, if you wanted to talk at the dinner table, you'd better be prepared to talk about film.

Most fantasy is incredibly derivative of Tolkien, so when you read a lot of fantasy, it's really just elves and gnomes, and it all goes back to Tolkien.

When a rock transforms into a diamond, lesser stones will not speak of its beauty, but speak of its unpolishedness.

Change is good but dollars are better.- Tara daniels

I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.

True peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God and will be deep and passing all understanding in the exact measure in which we live in and partake of the love of God.

I'm very out of style... or I should say I have my own style.

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

Become intensely conscious of the present moment.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

The life and vigor of poetry consists of the fact that it steps out of itself, tears out a section of religion, then withdraws into itself to assimilate it. The same is true of philosophy.

I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.