With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-chic muse.

A good party is one that is designed to entertain and bond friends. The bad parties I've been to are the ones that are held to impress other people.

I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge of table manners. And that goes for both men and women.

Often times if you're bored, the other person is probably bored too.

I use a Blackberry. I'm so behind on mobile communication technology, I think a smartwatch may be too far a leap.

One of the perks of my job as a fashion journalist is the travel opportunity.

Good because I want you too. Now. Forever. Just you

Trees cover up a multitude of sins.

A still-born son os superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

Today was opening day for the new Congress in Washington. And Vice President Joe Biden swore in the new batch of White House fence jumpers.

The thing I miss about L.A. is time. I feel like I had much more time there, partly because no one is ever really doing anything.

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation

All music is the blues. All of it.

God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.

It only 'doesn't work out' if you quit. Never, ever quit!

After working for 18 years, all of a sudden I became successful on a level where other people knew it. It's not a cat you can put back in the bag.