Sometimes other people have better ideas.

Having one perfect thing was less important than having a range of ideas, realizing they were all taking you in a certain direction.

All my life I've felt like somebody's wife, or somebody's mother or somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew who I was. And that's why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself.

Although I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment I got here and I never stopped.

Taste has nothing to do with style.

Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective.

People who go for humor are wonderful because they do great humor. People who go for wit and end up with humor are people who have made a mistake.