I think the people who work with me are people who love style themselves. I'm leaving the office and they're still working. They're passionate.

If I get to the point where I don't like my clothes, I'm in big trouble.

Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.

I was talking to Donna Karan at an event and she said, "You know, Ralph, I still don't feel rich."

People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.

I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

Books open windows to the world and have the power to transform lives.