I haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

I am very bad at drawing. Seriously. I can draw shoes. That's about it.

I have no problem with the idea of comfort, but it is not an important thing aesthetically. If you look at a shoe and immediately say it looks very comfortable, in terms of design, it is not going to excite me. Of course, I am not putting nails in my shoes to ensure everybody is in pain, but a heel is not a pair of slippers and never will be.

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women.

When you do something you love, you have a passion for it. It comes naturally. Staying true to yourself and doing what you love keeps you going...everything else falls into place.

Strangely enough, I really think that shoes are a communication tool between people.