“We chat about clothes and if we’re going on the red carpet we definitely talk about what we are going to wear.”

Sometimes you need to put your own characteristics into the actor, and you take different things from the character that you admire – sometimes you can’t see the boundaries anymore.

I like Destiny’s Child.

I’ve never had a stylist, and I’ve always chosen my own clothes.

I think when you’re younger, you need to socialize and be with people your own age.

I think when I was quite younger, I was always quite a tomboy.

To think that Donald Trump could have his finger over the big red button is absolutely terrifying.

Every time I release an album my old record company releases another one.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led.

I think everyone sometimes feels intimidated by themselves when they see themselves on the screen.

So many girls have become famous for literally nothing – other than falling out of clubs in shocking clothing or going out with a different person every week.

I think sometimes when you begin to examine things – like yourself – suddenly you can just freak out and not want to go any further.

If it was up to me, I would just wear jeans and t-shirts, even to red carpets, but then no one would photograph me, so that would make me very sad. So you know, I’ve gotta keep up with the rest of the female population and sometimes try a little harder.

Often you see people on the red carpet with tight up-dos, but that makes me feel stiff.

I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.

We need objects to remind us of the commitments we’ve made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we’re in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.

Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.

It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

I love to love. However, you won’t see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I’m married.

When we look closely, or when we become weavers, we learn of the tiny multiple threads unseen in the overall pattern, the knots on the underside of the carpet