Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.

Making clothes involves what I like...color, pattern, shape and movement...I like the everyday process...the people, the pressure, the surprise of seeing the work come alive walking and dancing around on strangers. Like red lipstick on the mouth, my products wake up and brighten and bring the wearer to life...drawing attention to her beauty and specialness...her moods and movements...her dreams and fantasies.

There is an excitement about having nightmares.

Always have fun with fashion. Dress to entertain yourself.

[In the 1960s]...you could take LSD but you couldn't wear a pantsuit.

At any appearance, I make sure that before the person takes a pic and runs away, that I make contact. All I can do is give that little bit of me, the kickback is miraculous.