You don’t have to be perfect to be pretty.

I was into Barbie and designer jeans.

I've always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.

Compare yourself to yourself and say, 'How can I be better? How can I be the real me?'

Boxers are hot, and by boxers I mean guys who box, not the underwear. So get rid of 'em!

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

My method of helping someone is saying, 'Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.' I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.

I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time.

I think ultimately I make people happy: Whether I'm doing the stage show, giving somebody a makeover, or designing clothing, the end goal is to make people smile.

I care about education for everyone, not just the elite.

And when I got sick I felt confident that if it was the last thing I ever recorded before I left this earth, I would be really proud of it.

Those who fume at their problems become their victims.

Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world.

I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

Without Greek studies there is no education.

Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop?

As a director, I know everybody's job, and I know how to do it. I can smell bullshit when someone's telling me it can't be done, because I've seen it done a hundred thousand times.

Excuses sound best to the person that's making 'em up!