Most of the reason we don’t do things is because we’re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and have on a ring that I got from a gumball machine for 50 cents.

You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know.

I've always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.

If we can put a man on the moon, we can make pantyhose comfortable.

Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much further out of my comfort zone.

Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.

All data has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

The stars were withdrawn, small, giving no light, unlike other nights when they seemed to hang large from the sky ready to be reached for and taken into our hands.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Redheads get so stereotyped. You're either exotic and wild or totally Victorian.

Fatherhood is helping your children learn English as a foreign language.

Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.

I've learnt so much from every film and every director - a new perspective, a greater appreciation of the art.