Daphne Guinness

I don't tell anybody else what to wear. I would never dream of it. ”

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

I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet. ”

I don't dress for effect, and I think that it never works out when someone does. ”

Nothing terrifies me more than being social. ”

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 hate the idea of making any of my children into a mini-me. That would be terrible. ”

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization. ”

Human beings all mimic each other. ”

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