My mom was my muse - she would buy me Italian 'Vogue.' I was this little fashion boy.

I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.

I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.

Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.

Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important.

Japan, for me, will always be my inspiration source.

I'm not a designer, I'm a creator.

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything.

Having plants and flowers in my space makes me feel very calm and Zen. For me, its important to meditate every morning to be very clear in the head, and nature really helps me do the same thing.

Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.

How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton?

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books

One can never go back. One always has to move forward.

I see Death as the part of us that knows all the time that we're going to die, reminding us to live properly.

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.

I love going into the centre of London because people don't give a monkey's about you or who you are. You can be in a restaurant and no one notices you or if they do they won't show it.

Where a generation ago people felt entitled to a chance at education, they now feel entitled to the credential affirming that they have completed a course of study regardless of their actual mastery.