A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

I´m a real believer that just doing a little something is a lot better than doing a lot of nothing.

I think personal style starts from within because it´s a philosophy and an attitude. If you´re honest and true to yourself, you will have the best sense of personal style.

As a designer I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed. That's why I avoid all animal skins.

The really great thing about my shoe store is that there's not one dead animal in it.

We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it's part of our brand DNA.

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

Being effortless is the coolest thing in the world

Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being.

It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.

Reading is, with friendship, one of the surest contributions to the work of grieving. It helps us, more generally, to grieve for the limitations of our life, the limitations of the human condition.

I bet you to believe me when I say again that we do not need a great house, Sarah. We only need a great love.

The present day composer refuses to die.

Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.

It doesn't happen every day, but many nights my dreams are like a movie. I don't see normal movement - I see things in very complicated shots. That's why I do remember many of them.

The first time I lay actual eyes on the real David Lynch on the set of his movie, he's peeing on a tree...Mr. David Lynch, a prodigious coffee drinker, apparently pees hard and often.

To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise.

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, Ive wrestled with that very question myself.

Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure.

My eyes aren't special, my nose isn't special, my mouth isn't special.