It's obvious what's timeless and what is not timeless, but you need time to find that answer.

I love to do fashion. I always put fashion in all of my storytelling because that's what I am, but I'm not selling clothes, I'm telling a story.

Style has become very important, the whole idea of style, what your personal style is. It's your identity.

You can't start putting difficult clothes on a person. They're actors: they have to move, they have to feel real.

The more information you have, the better you're able to have success.

I think the fashion industry, as a result of globalization, has undergone a uniformity. I'm not saying that's good or that's bad but that is my observation.

I think timelessness is a very important factor in whatever I do. That's what makes a classic.

I see again my schoolroom in Vyra, the blue roses of the wallpaper, the open window.… Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.

It's fine to be a great democrat when you've a slave to rub your boots on.

Better never than late.

Only in romance novels or in thrillers people live outside of a social and political context.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I can't think of a performer who is better on television than in person.

I certainly know the difference between right and wrong.

...the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity.