Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.

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.

I've never met a leopard print I didn't like.

Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.

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.

Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.

Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.