There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.

This world without a leopard…I mean, who would want to be here?!

A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever.

One is born with good taste. It's very hard to acquire. You can acquire the patina of taste. But what Elsie Mendl had was something else that's particularly American––an appreciation of vulgarity. Vulgarity is a very important ingredient in life. I'm a great believer in vulgarity––if it's got vitality. A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste––it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.

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

My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame.