The one thing I cannot stand is when I do interviews, when I interview people, and I listen to the tapes and I hear myself talking and sort of stumble and stammer, or I hear the horrible sound of my own voice, or God forbid I see myself on video, there is that complete revulsion with seeing how I occur in the world.

The bad news is we don't have any control. The good news is we can't make any mistakes.

Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people.

You gain power by pretending to be weak.

you're doomed at being you.

So if you think this is going to save you...If you think anything is going to save you...Please consider this your final warning.

People die', she says. 'People tear down houses. But furniture, fine, beautiful furniture, it just goes on and on, surviving everything.' She says, 'Armoires are the cockroaches of our culture.