I don't like bare floors.

Texture and pattern should function as a surprise.

Never put sofas against wall.

Everything is really about lighting.

Find the ideal in something not ideal.

A la Rothschild, a style I define as many good things used irreverently.

Appearance is everything. I find that a view is secondary. Even in those apartments on the East River, it's dull, looking out at those little boats.

Cooking is like decorating - it never bores me.

Having people be impressed with a house is not a compliment. You don't want them to say, 'What a place!' You want them to sit down and enjoy it.

I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.

A first kiss is the demarcation line: the same information that a moment ago felt private, all of a suddens seems unfair to withhold. And with that exchange came more.

He might be a genius, but that did not make him a leader

With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog.

I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing.

One of the stupidest theories of Western life.

Heroes? Don't believe in them.

Honesty is the voice that is acceptable in every matter.

I have such trust comples. I'm close to like two people.

Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love.

When the imagination is continually led to the brink of vice by a system of terror and denunciations, people fling themselves over the precipice from the mere dread of falling.