All over America, people are making kamikaze choices about what to wear. They are misrepresenting the goods. They are letting their clothes write checks that their personalities cannot cash.

Conformity is the only real fashion crime

Dressing down is a crime against humanity.

The message of a leopard-print jumpsuit is clear: 'I am a huntress who delights in eating the offal of her prey.'

Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group identity is succumbing to fashion fascism.

The important thing is not to be masochistic. Women are so hard on themselves. Don't do that. No one is keeping score.

The charming shall inherit the Earth.

Knowing who you really are and dressing the part -- with an air of amused recklessness -- is life affirming for you and life enhancing for other people.

Why be formal when you can be fabulously feral? Why be conventional when you can be happy?

If there is such a person on the planet, then he or she-this self-appointed arbiter of “appropriateness”-deserves to be confronted with as many “inappropriate” transgressions as possible.

Architects are the new comedians.

If you want Allah to be persistent in granting you the thing you love, then be persistent in doing the things he loves.

It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between.

If you can't Smile for Yourself then Smile for Others

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it.

I knew then that the Christian church thrives on hypocrisy, and that man's carnal nature will out...

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can basically buy the White House.

Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all, remember to be happy.

I believe in following your instincts with the people that you like and who you like to be with.

I like my small camper. I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving.