I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.

If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times.

The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.

You either know fashion or you don't.

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.

You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

Purposefully look for something beautiful today.

Brute force will sometimes get you through a challenge, but usually not without hurting and depleting yourself in the process.

If you wish to grow thinner diminish your dinner.

Every step in the progress of missions is directly traceable to prayer.

What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster?

When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.

Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous.

Prayer is essentially a partnership of the redeemed child of God working hand in hand with God toward the realization of His redemptive purposes on earth.

It's amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he's paid a small fortune not to understand it.

I love Kate Winslet, Rachel Weisz, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as well. They're all wonderful and they're very inspiring.