The first time I ever saw platform shoes in the '70s, I knew they'd been revived from the '40s, and I felt sickened. And for whatever reason, they keep getting revived. They've come back four times. I wish we could let them die. They want to die. They were horrible then, they're horrible now.

those who use the word 'lifestyle' are rarely in possession of either.

If I lived in another country, like a country that was, say, an enemy of the United States, I would be more amused than I am.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire.

A woman's quest in life should be to find the perfect apartment. And I have found the perfect apartment. The perfect apartment is the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum. With a sofa.

modern science was largely conceived of as an answer to the servant problem and ... it is generally practiced by those who lack a flair for conversation.