Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines

The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed.

I think it's always difficult to reconcile the needs of art and business.

I translated Beatles songs for my English class.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

I am always anxious to know what has happened while I've been asleep.