You can have small moments of happiness in life. You certainly can’t expect years and years of it.

When I worked with Gianni Versace at the end of his life, I was the person with whom he would confide and say anything. If there was something I didn't like, I would be honest and say, "No, no, no! Do something different."

Haven't you heard? I sleep every night in the deep freezer!

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.

You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.

Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers.

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.