I copy the dress of an animal because I love to copy God. I think God is the most fantastic designer.

I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough.

Maybe I think too much.

The big fish run the show. I'm a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous.

I began to speak well at a very advanced age - 15, 16, 17 years old. It was psychological: the trauma of war, my family and growing up on my own. I was more or less a street kid.

I think I was the first to show that a designer could be like a rock star, that people should love your fashion but also put your name together with your fashion.

I love women in all their different incarnations. My friends are practically all women. They are much more intelligent than men.