I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!

Always have fun with fashion. Dress to entertain yourself.

Hard times always lead to something great.

In the 60′s there was a look. In the 70′s there was a look, and in the 80′s. Now, it's a free-for-all.

I never wanted to join fashion industry or being another Donna or another Dianne. I made clothes that I wanted to wear. I would cut, I would sew and I would wear, and it made me to feel better.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Can the sarcasm, ' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.

Kindness in your dealings with yourself and others will work wonders in your life. Much more so than rightness in your thinking.

You know a lot about math, " I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Right along the lines of "Hey, you have hair and it's red and curly." Real smooth.

All beginnings are hard.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

I took guitar a while back, and my heart wasn't in it at the time, but I'm ready to try it again. I sing in the car, at home - it's a huge part of my life, especially since I'm from Tennessee.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

India has the most technically ambitious and innovative nuclear energy program in the world.

I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.