On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.

Just throw me in my coffin now with these earrings on.

I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.

I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.

Here's my rule about shoes, buy them.

It's better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk.

Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.

I would wear a turban to Whole Foods.

Sexiness should not be overt. Something shapeless that drapes across your hip, hangs off the shoulder; something that cowls in the front, drapes low in the back, that's sexy.

I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.

Accessories are everything. To me, they're more important than the clothes.

Jesus is more likely to lead you across the street than across the ocean.

I don't believe in the idea of the strong woman

You're advised not to drink the replica Arab spring water.

If you help enough people, you don't have to worry about money.

The very best of all Merwin: I have been reading William since 1952, and always with joy.

You have to use fantasy to show different sides to reality. That's how it can bend.

Lie down and offer your throat. No, wait, that's how dogs submit. I know! Offer her you're wallet!" Oberon

In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term.

The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.

Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed a few.