If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view that's reflected in the magazine. My dad believed in the cult of personality. He brought great writers and columnists to The Standard.

Just be true to yourself, and listen as much as one is able to to other people whose opinions you respect and look up to but in the end it has to come from you. You can’t really worry too much by looking to the left and the right about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

I don’t like people who are late.