I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.

I adore artifice. I always have.

Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.

Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

I'm a person who is only invested in the pleasures and enjoyments of life. All the rest is left to the men. I've always remained what you might call "feminine" about the whole [work] thing.

One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it; it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...