I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I would think about it.

When I was a kid I was very particular. I was actually beyond particular. I would iron my money and spray it with Polo cologne.

When I lace my shoes I can't stand when they are twisted and dirty. It just looks sloppy. Even if it's a new pair of Chuck Taylors and the laces are all twisted it looks like you don't care.

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself.

I thought the Made in America men's wear push was a big revolution in terms of smaller companies taking charge, but it seems like it's gotten out of control.

There are too many brands. You can start your own brand from your bedroom. It's a good thing and a bad thing.

She guarded herself like a secret.

All that I need now is someone with the brains and the know-how to tell me what I want.

The old believe everything: the middle-aged suspect everything: the young know everything.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

Every girl has a right to be loved.

There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore's voice. 'On the contrary... the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.

Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.

I don't want to indulge myself in the luxury of writing beautiful paragraphs just for the sake of making beautiful writing. That doesn't interest me. I want everything to be essential.

I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic.

The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever financing, or operations expertise can keep a company going.