When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny.

I'm a very serious person.

I'm actually very introverted. I'm very shy. I'm very emotional.

From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.

I don't want to find myself designing for the press.

L.A. is my American city.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

College campuses were once a hotbed of political activity.

I enjoy the speed of fashion. I love doing different things and I think I still have something valid to say in fashion.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.

I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.