There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.

When I was a boy I remember the women, how they dressed, how they behaved, what was important to them at the time. Like Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat.

Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.

I think I make shoes quite okay.

I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

I like the new shoe designers. Not all of them - there are really bad ones too. But I go to the colleges with these kids for lectures, as an honorary professor or whatever, and this Chinese girl I like very much who I give the award to says to me, "You don't know how much you inspired me to do shoes." And I'm glad that I convey that kind of desire to people when they see my bloody shoes.