I am really a loner after all; I am really not a social person. Because of my job, people think I am out every night, but I really hate all that. I am somebody who likes to be alone and see some close friends. I am a shy and introspective person.

The idea of losing someone that you love could throw you into a situation where you could not see your future and you really would be living in the past.

I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me.

I hope people will put aside Tom Ford the fashion designer and think about Tom Ford the filmmaker.

People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What am I in the mood for? Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration.

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.

Fashion is ruthless the way every three months you have to think about everything all over again.