When you design a collection, you have to start with what you love and what you believe in. Unless you do that, you can't stand behind it, so there's no point in doing it.

There'll always be a McQueen woman. She's strong, powerful & when she puts a McQueen jacket on, she feels different.

I really think that creating clothes and fashion has to be a statement about how we live and where we live and what's happening in the world.

Do what you love and believe in, and work hard.

We don't take on battles so small we know we can win, we take on battles so big we dare to dream of winning them.

Every day, I love what I do and I think it's a gift and privilege to love your job.

A McQueen woman always has to feel powerful. She's never a girly girl, she's always a woman.

Dreams are never just dreams, they are reality waiting to happen.

I always drew dresses. I remember loving Richard Avedon's early Versace campaigns. I used to plaster my whole walls with them when I was a kid.

Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'

It has been the experience of a lifetime to work with Catherine Middleton to create her wedding dress, and I have enjoyed every moment of it.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever pay attention to them and they always love you back.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.

S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities

Do not tell me what I think you're going to or I swear to God, I'm going to fly to Brazil and go all black ops on this guy for cheating on you.

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know the second is to find out who will tell you.

Embarrassment isn't a just cause of action.

Sometimes you have to know when to shut the f - - up.

So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's just more going on. It's an adjunct to the written word, which I think is still the most important thing.

Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want to live in Chula Vista?

Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example.