Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the best of times, and yet I don't recall ever having experiences that were a burden.

You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly.

What I adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don't imagine should go together

Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.

Many people look but they do not see.

Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be

People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.

When life closes a door, God opens a window.

I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a next stage of exploration.

Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.

You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else’s mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting.

We see only a part of the surface of things. The rest will be forever hidden from us, to be appreciated for its felt but unfathomed presence.

I don't think you can hold in your mind the full conception of what the world is.

I am blind to the very things that make for our own peace.

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

People will use you as long as you let them.

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.

There's a man outside with a big black mustache. - Tell him I've got one.

Whereas Rolling Stone, I just never had anything to do with them. I'd stop by the office maybe twice a year.

To find God, you must welcome everything.