When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.

If there is anything good about nobility it is that it enforces the necessity of avoiding degeneracy

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

Shooting a movie can be so tedious. You're trying to get 20 different angles on the same swing. You never get into a rhythm. But I took it very seriously.

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

I don't really go out much at all. But there are times when I'm like, 'I gotta get out.' Then we go to Vegas, and we'll gamble.

Life begins each morning.

Great passions may either bring great victories or great sorrows! In both cases, it is always a great privilege to have great passions!

I find the training of the mind that Zen puts people through is by far to me, the most interesting, one of the most interesting disciplines.

Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.