I find hunger more interesting than accomplishment.

When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.

This is why fashion is such a magical part of our lives, for it inspires our decisions without dictating them; it sets the theme but not the limits of our aesthetic.

I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.

My father loved music. He loved Motown and R&B, and my mother loved Journey and Fleetwood Mac, so they were always listening to it and playing it.