My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.

When we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an 18 year old has no clue that it's a revival. Despite the fact that they're almost always online they don't get references. I think that's part of why visual things are becoming so derivative.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.

I hate, simply, to work. I just hate to work, period. I am profoundly slothful. Practically inert.

Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.