Looking effortless takes a lot of effort. When I get new Converse I dedicate some time at home to shoving mud on them so they don't look squeaky clean.

Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.

Clothes are about manipulations: how I feel, how I want to feel and how I want others to feel about me.

I'm interested in aesthetics, in the way things look, in finding something in an image that maybe people haven't seen.

I'm terrified of being bored and not learning.

I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.

Thank you, Jane Birkin, for providing me with infinite outfit ideas and the confidence to dress like a boy but act like a girl.

Looking effortless takes a lot of effort.

The idea of giving someone something that I got, that makes me feel sad.

My dad cut my hair once - I wanted a bob and he gave me a bowl cut. That was a tough few years.

I do date quite small men. And one large man! Just one.

You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.

The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

Equality today means ‘sameness’, rather than ‘oneness’.

...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically in an atmosphere that contains no oxygen.

A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.

Good in Crisis; Sucks at Normal.’ That about sums up my whole life, doesn’t it?

Why is it that there is this misconception that dark equals good. That only applies to chocolate.

Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar."

I have won every argument I ever had with myself.