I work in fashion because the world is such a heavy place that I need to be in this industry that fights for five hours to get a dress.

The hardest lessons to learn are the ones your soul needs most.

You have to be prepared for people to hate you. Average people love to be average, because nobody bothers them.

When you're the most happening person at the party, it's time to leave

Personal branding is about figuring who you are and what turns you on and then monetising it

Gather up your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your inner voice wherever it takes you.

I believe all women know in their heart of hearts that they truly are divine and magical, even if they've temporarily forgotten.

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

Baby-carrying means your hearts are close together. It's a very intense and beautiful way to bond with your baby, very intimate. It's also easier than a stroller.

I think between the ages of 15 and 32, don't worry about getting married, don't worry about settling down, don't worry about having a baby. Give birth to yourself.

After all, you can't truly be happy if you've never known pain. You can't truly feel joy if you've never felt heartbreak. You can't know what it's like to be filled unless you've been empty.

May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.

You are the greatest achievement of your own life.

I'm so excited to act; that has been a huge passion for me.

Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.

Mrs. Schneiderman's theory of life was that earth held no sorrow that food could not heal.

What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.

I keep waiting for things to get back down to whelming, but they stay at overwhelming.

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow.

Well, let's see: I started [in music] at nine and quit. Then got back to it when I was twelve. Then I became a party star. In fact, I became a party!