In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.

For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.

The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.

I was devastated by Gene Wilder's death.

I actually came out the year that AIDS hit the front pages. So there was this mixed feeling about it - excitement that life's finally begun, but it was completely tied up with mortality and danger and politics.

In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home.