Eileen Ford

American women mean a great deal to me. They're such lost souls, particularly the women of my generation. And women need so much help. They never have anyone to turn to. I help them understand how they can look better, how to do this, do that, get a job. And they're very trusting. Like little lost kids. ”

I create a look, and I create a style. ”

Grace Kelly was a very commercial model; she had no interest in being a fashion model. None at all. ”

Most models are emotionally abandoned. They need me. I'm their mother. ”

I never worry about fat people worrying about thin people, because slender people bury the dead. ”

I can't add above 10, I can't draw a stick figure, and I'm tone deaf. So I had to be able to do something. I found that something was picking successful models. ”

The horrible thing about being me is that I have a very good eye about what people look like. Even me. ”

I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny. ”

I suppose you could say that I majored in men and minored in psychology. ”

None of the people I grew up with had identity problems. We all had perfectly marvelous lives. ”