I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin.

I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.

I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.

Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.

Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.

Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.

I'm not a designer, I'm a creator.

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything.

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, its important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

Let us not be deceived - we are today in the midst of a cold war.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

Polly was pretty good at dieting, all right, but she was beginning to wonder whether you ever lost the parts of your self that you wanted to lose.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not so good.

Hillary Clinton wants to abolish - essentially abolish - the Second Amendment.

To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size.

I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station.

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity