In fashion even what seems most fragile must be built on cement.

There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

Fashion, after all, is magic and miracle…intended to bestow proportion and beauty where both have been lost or faded with the years.

All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.

Forget all you know & learn something every day.

Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only express one idea at a time.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

All my seams have meaning - they emphasize something about the body.

For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have had beautiful women. Having an ugly mistress is therefore a fatal mistake.

The worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas

Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.

I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.

I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind.

Anything can feed you, depending on the way you look at it.

I want to be indifferent to vengeance. It's degrading. Not having a spirit of vengeance protects me, internally.

I am of the opinion that we shouldn't turn away from Europe. We have to find ways to revitalize our relations.

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.

I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.