I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.

I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead

Don't you loathe the word "workaholic"? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out!

No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.

Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.

You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.

Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.