I wanted to be an independent woman, a woman who could pay for her bills, a woman who could run her own life - and I became that woman.

Personal style is accepting who you are.

If you pay attention, everyone is a novel. The most boring person, if you sit down and really listen, is someone interesting.

Nature is a source of strength.

Being attractive for a few hours some evening is hardly worth being that unattractive all day (in hot rollers). Being yourself and being natural with a man is wonderful, but being downright unattractive with him is foolish.

The biggest mistake a woman can make is not to be herself in public or private.

I was a very young girl and I got into fashion very much by accident, wanting to be independent. What was wonderful was that while I was learning and discovering - learning about the work, discovering myself as a woman - I was allowing other women to feel the same way.