Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

Success isn't about the end result; it's about what you learn along the way.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.

I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.

When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.

Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.

I thought that punk in its original state was a revolutionary movement. But like surrealism, it failed in its revolutionary attempt.

What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker.

Love, like a sense of humor, is now claimed by everyone even though Love, like a sense of humor, is rather more rare than not, and to most of us poor muddlers unbearable at full strength.

The moment of twilight is simply beautiful.

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know?

Leave people better than you found them.

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

After my 1985 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they wanted to turn my act into a sitcom.

The best movies are simple.

Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.