"There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse."

"You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity."

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."

"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."

"Whether it's an $11 flip-flop or a $2 key ring or a $2,000 dress, they're all done with integrity. They're all done with a design sense. As long as the creativity exists, then I don't think it's a sellout. A sellout is putting your name on any piece of crap and then expecting people to buy it because it's got your name on it."

"My dad used to say, 'Just because you dress up in a coat and tie, it doesn't influence your intelligence.'"

"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."

"I like to dress up in a tailored suit from time to time, and there's a tailor I go to in Naples who's fantastic. But if I told anyone his name, I'd have to kill them."