She Quotes

I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.

Pat Conroy
- Up
- Mother
- Girl
I met Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige in a party. I didn't speak too much with Patti, but she was lovely with me.

Elena Roger
- She
- Party

A real mother, who knows the will of God by experience, will prepare her children also to fulfil it. Such a mother will suffer if she sees her child overfed, effeminate, and dressed-up, for she knows that these things will make it difficult for it to fulfil the will of God which she recognizes.

Leo Tolstoy
- Up
- God
- Children
The necessity for leaders to possess optimism and ego serves to answer the age-old question: Are leaders born or are they made? They are born. A leader is born with an optimistic disposition or she is not. If she is not, then no amount of 'optimism training' is going to make her view the world in an overwhelmingly positive, opportunistic light.

Marcus Buckingham
- World
- Age
- Light
I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.

Raf Simons
- She
- Way
- Fashion
Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.

Tasha Smith
- Good
- Game
- Man
I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.

David Blaine
- Remember
- Mother
- Gypsy
My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!

Kate Moss
- Up
- World
- Car