All my gowns have trains on them. I make a train that goes on forever. I love long trains and then I stand there and twirl around and wrap myself up in it.

I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different; I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw the article in New York magazine she looked so beautiful and it was talking about her work, too. She set up the interview and it was happening. That's different than someone writing a book about you who you've never met.

Hair has always been important.

I know that my fans want to know who I'm sleeping with, but it's really none of their business.

I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money.

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'

I jog and I roller-skate. I dance - that's the best exercise.