I was talking to Donna Karan at an event and she said, "You know, Ralph, I still don't feel rich."

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars.

My wife Ricky is my muse. Her personal style and natural beauty have always been my inspiration.

Each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves

Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.

Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you.

Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself.

What I do is about living. It's about living the best life you can and enjoying the fullness of the life around you- from what you wear, to the way you live, to the way you love.

Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.

Enjoy your family. Do things that you like to do. Stay strong. That's the secret to remaining happy.

When undesirable and ugly addendum enters a man's life history, it become acceptable as part of the process of growing up.

I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.

But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.

Change is wonderful, and necessary.

It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.

This is your moment. You're meant to be here.

Had I not spent so much time doing something that made me so miserable, I would have never learned how to appreciate doing what brings me joy.

Freedom, in childhood, may be the right to be totally self-centered. … But freedom in old age is the ability to be the best of the self I have developed during all those years.

I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami.

Yet no one hears his own remarks as prose.