I have something that makes me happy on some level and this is a good way for me to deal with the torment of that teenage life gave me

Black eyeliner. It’s standard. It’s all you need. It just makes the world a better place.

You get depressed because you know that you're not what you should be.

You have to be saved to get into heaven....you only have to be you to get into hell.

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.

People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that lets you know when to laugh if you're too stupid to know when the joke is.

I don't think we should ever regret anything we do. I think we have to accept the consequences and you learn from your mistakes, and that's how you grow as a person

Homo-Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

Be kind. Only feelings of kindness can purify our ever judgemental minds.

Most of our misfortunes are comments of our friends upon them.

Individual consciences are fine but individual consciences have to be made manifest.

In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue, and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things.

I'm not the messenger at all. I'm the message.

When our inner self connects to our work and our work to our inner self, the work knows no limit, for the inner self knows no limit.

I'm enjoying the opportunity that Parks And Recreation affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.

I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.