I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.
Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.
I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.
I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs. . . but I might be the guide that someone needs.
Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.
Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.
Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.
Parties are the nightly ritual of the sophisticated society.
The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. . . . In a country where only three people make the decision, they can decide where to put their rail line, get the money, and do it. We don't do it that way in America.
I also think that Germany helped me with my aggressiveness.
Wearing a bold print gets harder as you get older. Its safer to stick to subtle prints or block colours. I have always found prints quite tricky. My daughter Carly, who is on the design team at Stella McCartney, is obsessed with them.