Black is the hardest color in the world to get right-except for gray.

Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.

God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.

Pink is the navy blue of India.

There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.