Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.

Always choose style over fashion: wear something that makes you look beautiful.

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

I don't get my inspiration from books or a painting. I get it from the women I meet.

Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.

A wedding dress is both an intimate and personal for a woman - it must reflect the personality and style of the bride.

Money doesn't buy elegance. You can take an inexpensive sheath, add a pretty scarf, gray shoes, and a wonderful bag, and it will always be elegant.

I appreciate your thinking on me, marshal, but ain’t no trouble of his what ain’t trouble of mine, too.

You should write about take no-shit women like me. Girls need to know they can break the rules" p.79

Muslims want the western countries to apologize. Why? because this gives them a sense of empowerment. It makes them feel good about themselves, it stokes their ego.

There are many things in this life capable of throwing people off course - the death of someone close, the loss of income or health, the realisation that cherished hopes cannot always be fulfilled

I care about you," Simon said. "I always cared about you.

Protect those who protect you.

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

A writer once said to me, If you ever go to America, go either to the East Coast or the West Coast: The rest is a desert full of bigots. That's what I think I'd like . . . a version of pastoral.

Twins are under-represented in the media. Hamlet - never twins. Hamlet Twins Of Denmark. King And Queen Lear. It would work. Come on, more twins on television.

The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing but fatal decrees.