Personally, I don't wear fur.

I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in the morning early. I come back for Anna Wintour’s party at the Met, then again at the end of May for a prize I get from the Gordon Parks Foundation.

I only go to places if I have a professional reason. I'm not a tourist.

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.

When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses.

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.