Give me the control, don't ever come on the set, and I'll show it to you when it's cut.

We live in a material world. I'm not saying that beautiful things don't enhance our lives. But, in our culture, we're never happy.

You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

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.

The seventies is what I love. Soft, touchable beauty is what I love.

I find I can get so much done between midnight and 4 a.m. Everything is quiet, no one is disturbing me, and if I go to bed then, I just lie awake thinking of ideas. They are very creative hours for me. One night a week I crash out, though.

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.