Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.

American style is about confidence, independence, diversity and free expression.

The possibilities are endless, so never be discouraged by a setback, no matter how big.

I think preppy stands for optimism, confidence, energy and authenticity.

I always say if I weren't a fashion designer, my other dream job is being a rock star!

My passion for music has always inspired my designs.

I saw my future. I pictured it, but didn't quite know how to get there. But I knew that I should never give up.

New York Fashion Week comes only twice a year, make it count

I try not to have regrets and to learn from every experience.

One of the most important things to me is to make things real, not have models who are perfectly groomed or clothes that are too perfect. It all has to have a twist because that's how people live.

Pride does not only come with great responsibility. It is buy one get one free. Great responsibility will require great resourcefulness.

The communication function of modern writers is akin to the ancient role fulfilled by tribal shamans. All writers ultimately perform a shamanistic role in society

I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.

Always you have to train yourself to swim with sharks.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

I love to be alone, and I did as a child as well, especially if I was outside.

Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.

They [in the New York Times] are really, really bad people. The largest shareholder in the Times is Carlos Slim.

Television is bubble-gum for the mind.

Keynes, far from being a wholehearted lover of freedom, viewed with some sympathy the fascist and Communist ‘experiments’ of the 1930s.