I worked for Harper’s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it’s a great learning experience.

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.

If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times.

The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.

You either know fashion or you don't.

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.

You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

I stay out of the sun, which is very good. If you want to be in sun, please use SPF, it's important.

When I saw you I fell in love. And you smiled because you knew.

I want to make my own movie.

[On the movie "American Hot Wax:] A plot so thin you could thread a needle with it.

I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.

[On Regis Philbin:] He's like everybody's kid brother with his hand in the cookie jar and his foot in his mouth. You love him, but you can't take him anywhere.

That's reality, it's accessibility. People are used to seeing me like that for the last year, I think, ... To avoid it is avoidance. We're not going to avoid things.

A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.