Death submits to no one.
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic. Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don't burn your wings.
My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
Moda je prolazna, dok stil traje, on je večan.
The universe is alive and conscious, and it responds to our intent when we have our intimate relationship with the universe and see it not as separate but as our extended body.
You can't preach it like it is if you don't believe it like it was.
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
It's not a matter of whether the reviews of your books are good or bad, it's about being taken seriously, both as a woman writer and as a writer of color. Also, it worries me when people point to a couple of women writers or writers of color who get some attention - and I am sometimes pulled into that category - to prove that others are getting a fair shot. It's like those people who keep saying that racism no longer exists in this country because Barack Obama was a President of the United States.