“AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS’ being some kind of divine retribution is crap.”

You don’t only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you’re more worried about the people who love you.

It’s fun seeing my label on someone’s behind – I like that.

I don’t think about my fame very much.

I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.

Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men’s fashion. How much can you do with men’s clothes?

I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.

People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can’t talk about that. I’m looking to stay alive.

The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.

Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn’t be threatened by the ads I do.

I won’t allow myself to have tremendous fear.

I don’t dwell on success. Maybe that’s one reason I’m successful.

I guess I don’t have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don’t think I’d like it.

I’ve been strong and determined all my life about many things I’ve wanted.

I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

There’s an awareness of fashion in this country, and it’s not limited to gay people.

If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Uneducated people delight in argument and fault-finding, for it is easy to find fault, but difficult to recognize the good and its inner necessity.

There is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future will reveal its merits.

Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.

Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

The truth springs from arguments amongst friends.