“Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.”

“I adore fringe.”

“There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.”

“I think when you’re young you should be a lot with yourself and your sufferings. Then one day you get out where the sun shines and the rain rains and the snow snows and it all comes together.”

“I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.”

“I adore that pink, it is the navy blue of India!”

“The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.”