Even with a computer, I can't get rid of all the papers in my life.

My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.

I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking.

The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.

I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it.

The minute we don't finance the arts, the accountants, attorneys and politicians keep taking the cream of money off the top and it doesn't trickle down unless all of society understands that we must support the arts, whether it's ballet, opera, fashion. Fashion is like opera, is like ballet, is like theatre. It's a visual theatre.

When asked her view of cosmetic surgery, Carmen Dell'Orefice replies, '”That's a very polite way of asking me, I'm sure, ‘Have you had a facelift?' Well, if you had the ceiling falling down in your living room, would you not go and have a repair?