"That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately."

"But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me."

"I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really."

"Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors, nice clothes; those aren't necessities, they are luxuries - it's all luxury."

"It is a radiant truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."

"I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes."

"I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame."