I'd rather work with someone who likes what I do than create something for the red carpet that won't make me happy.

Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.

What I find most interesting in fashion is that it has to reflect our time. You have to witness your own moment.

Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

More than anything, I'm designing for a woman of today. I want to be a witness of my time.

You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.

In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, "This is what I want to do."

I put pressure on myself to propose something new - I think it's the minimum that you can do as a fashion designer.

For a long time, my uniform consisted of a trench coat, wide flared jeans, and little bottines - I copied a pair that my mother had in this theater place. I had, like, 10 pairs of the same shoes.

Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.

You need something that puts a little distance between what you really are and what you want to show; it's a shield, a protection.

Current "literature" [is] well-written books in which disgusting people do disgusting things to other disgusting people for no apparent reason and with no apparent resolution.

Dreamers dream the dream, Artists live it.

Helplessness was the one true fountain of youth.

I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working.

People who know my music think I'm the most depressed girl on the planet.

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.