I spent a lot of years working for Ralph Lauren, and he had so many copycats, from Tommy Hilfiger to Abercrombie & Fitch to J.Crew.

The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.

A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it and I put pictures in it.

Our philosophy is about reaching back to move forward. We have something different to say with a sensibility that is both old and new.

It's not so much the color of suit as it is about the fit, cut, style, and, of course, attitude you have when wearing it.

You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning, I wanted the clothes to stand on their own.

Bruno Mars is pretty fashionable. Gary Clarck Junior, who was also in our ad with Jimmy Page, is a super super stylish guy.

I believe that if you think about what style means, you won't become a fashion victim.

I loved the MC5 and the Stooges, but also, the British Invasion - the Kinks and the Yardbirds - and then Led Zeppelin, of course. Alice Cooper was one of my favorite bands.

The biggest ones [online stores] I go back to are Amazon.com and eBay.com because it’s great for music and books... I collect vintage vinyl records.

A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it, and I put pictures in it.

Sometimes you need to know to quit while you're ahead or at least before things get much worse!

“He has many things I haven’t got,” said Jace. “Like nearsightedness, bad posture, and an appalling lack of coordination.” - Jace about Simon

A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.

A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand like a cheap umbrella.

How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.

Every band I've come across has read more than I have.

Winning a Stanley Cup for Toronto, that's the biggest dream and the biggest goal.

Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.

The historian does simply not come in to replenish the gaps of memory. He constantly challenges even those memories that have survived intact.

People in misery is what most important in art.