I'm actually an incredibly disorganized, messy person.

I am a control freak.

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

Bridesmaids are never going to upstage the bride.

I love vintage and prints.

Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading.

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic.

My wedding was at home, so I didn't really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz.

I look much more civilized than I actually am.

I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer.

My mother says I'm like a disease that can walk into a room and get it infected. I can destroy things in seconds.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

Assassins take no pride in fighting fairly. We take pride in winning.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

Peace is first of all the art of being.

The endorsement process is an evolution. What you try to do is you endorse someone that you believe in and their ideas and their solutions align with yours.

If you’re too busy to duck hunt or catch fish, then you’re too busy.

Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.

Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

Try to read your own work as a stranger would read it, or even better, as an enemy would.