It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality.

Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory

Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, it means being remembered

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.

A woman should always dress to be remembered, not simply to be noticed.

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity.

A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique.

Individual style is the correct balance of knowing who you are, what works fro you, and how to develop your own personality

Elegance does not catch the eye. It stays in memory.

You're so good at what you do, keep pushing, success is on the table at all times!

What kind of beast would turn its life into words?

Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called "non-violent resistance".

Two people may have one sensitivity, one action, one reaction and one feeling; it doesn't matter how much time and distance they have between themselves-that is the state of ultimate love.

Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

The dead's dead ... get 'em in the ground and look to the live ones.

I have to tell you, and I don't mean this as sour grapes or anything, but it is hard to play for fans who see you all the time, makes it much harder.

The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.

Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.