Memories are like mercury. Every time you sort of try to get near them, they slip out of your hand like a bar of soap.

My life has always somehow been played out in a minor key, unresolved. Art somehow resolves things for me.

Normally, you should be dead if you have a retrospective.

Nothing terrifies me more than being social.

Oh, I love tea. I have to take tea bags wherever I go.

People always assume I don't need to work for money, but my divorce settlement was not as much as it's always reported to be.

Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.

Switch off reality TV! I've only ever been able watch about 30 seconds of it.

There are a lot of people who do a lot of things to be outrageous with fashion, hair or makeup.

There hasn't been anything real since grunge. That was the last movement led by music or an art form.

Through art, you create your own world.

Time is infinite, but we are not infinite in it.

Writing is a funny thing. It's not like you're working on a schedule. It comes in fits and starts.

A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.

Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics.

From 1989 to 2000, I was focusing in on my children. I hadn't realized the world had changed a lot. AIDS had happened, for starters, and so many people in the arts died or were affected.

I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

I have a four-and-a-half-, nearly five-octave range. I probably should have had extra lessons as a child, as I am certain my family heard my potential, but I didn't. I was in the choir as a schoolgirl, but really, it is all self-taught.

I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished because I think, 'This is completely normal. This is just how I am, it's how I've always been.'

I really don't understand the idea of a celebrity stylist. Is it a real job? I know there's unemployment, but frankly the railways need to be fixed, too.