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" If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it. "

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" When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like. "

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" When someone says you can't do what you know you can do, then you can't do anything. "

" You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing. "

" The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing. "

" I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday. "

" You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think. "

" All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels. "

" I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure. "

" Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up. "

" Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol. "

" I don't want to offend people. "

" How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it - that's the thing. "

" You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry. "

" You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy. "

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" You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine. "

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" Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is. "

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