Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point.

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

I have a big responsibility to my licenses. All my licenses draw from and take ideas from the runway.

A piece of fabric can get me going.

I knew since the age of four that I wanted to be a clothing designer. I read an article in LIFE magazine about two young ladies that graduated from Parsons School of Design, and when they graduated they went to Paris and Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor opened a boutique for them. So I thought, "Oh, I just have to go to Parsons, that's all."

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.