The greatest luxury is being free.

I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.

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

I'm always kind of contradictory to what people want and what's selling. But maybe I should care now because I have two or three more outlets. I have to be more adaptable color-wise to what people want. It's usually just black and pink, and that's it.

If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.