I want technology to work for me, and my readers. People get confused that technology comes first. The ideas come first. You need to use the medium.

Fashion is much more than product. It's about entertainment and people feeling a part of something.

To me, I always listen to what my instincts tell me. The biggest mistakes I've ever made is when I've ignored what I know to be true in my heart.

I love the return of sweetness and lace. Ladylike dressing is back and it's beautiful.

I was always a great believer in starting at the top. I really think that focusing on a career and working your way up is way way way overestimated.

Life's too short not to enjoy what you're working on.

Knowing when you're not good at something and knowing when you are good at something is an art-form.

Alexey Brodovitch used to say, "Astonish me." We as the team at Bazaar hear that everyday because we want to surprise people.

Nobody wants to be the same as anybody else.

I firmly believe that Harper's Bazaar is the star. I am there to make it the best it possibly can be, but there should be no confusion. I want to put Harper's Bazaar front and center.

It's just as important to let go and let somebody do what they're best at and other times, I'm very determined to get exactly what I know we need. It's that balance.

If you want to see magic, love someone and see the magical transformation.

The best way to learn is to do

Perhaps I just wanted to know what it was that I wanted. Maybe that is all that growing up means.

As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning.

If you look at the person that someone chooses to have a relationship with, you'll see what they think of themselves.

When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

It's a good thing I'm a reasonably patient woman. Otherwise, I might have to kill you.

A novel is a daily labor over a period of years. A novel is a job. But a story can be like a mad, lovely visitor, with whom you spend a rather exciting weekend.

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

Self awareness is NOT just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.