A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!

Always have fun with fashion. Dress to entertain yourself.

Hard times always lead to something great.

In the 60′s there was a look. In the 70′s there was a look, and in the 80′s. Now, it's a free-for-all.

I never wanted to join fashion industry or being another Donna or another Dianne. I made clothes that I wanted to wear. I would cut, I would sew and I would wear, and it made me to feel better.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment?

I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me.

If you end up getting into a fight with someone, make sure that you win by at least half a mile.

That All-That-Isness that is responding to your vibration is that which you call God.

As hard as I try to sound tough and dark, I still sound cute.

Life finds its balance. Children grow up. Second chances come along. In the meantime, I could choose to savor this moment. What good would it do to allow annoyance to interfere with gratitude?

I worked because I could control it.

The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments and mainstream parties.

I've never gotten any complaints about my headscarf from a man. You can be sexy with a head wrap!

I write edgy, sexy teen romances, and that's what I'll continue to do.