A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films; a writer just needs to write three great books.

I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.

I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.