"We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears."

"No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales."

"It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others."

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

"I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that."

"When I get into bed at night, I hope I don't get into it alone!"

"I don't trust a lot of journalists."

"Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer."

"People read things into my commercials that don't even exist."

"I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product."

"I'm a sexual person, and that's reflected in my clothes and my advertisements."

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

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

"I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me."

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

"I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?"

"It's fun seeing my label on someone's behind - I like that."

"There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator."

"My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart."

"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."

"I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom."

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

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

"I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy."

"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"

"I don't think about my fame very much."

"I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention."

"Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working."

"People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing."

"When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career."

"I think there's something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend's T-shirt and underwear."

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

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

"I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain."

"Commercials capture your attention, that's all."

"I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape."

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

"I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry."

"I'm neither Democrat nor Republican."

"What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!"

"We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp."

"If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed."

"I'm not selling sex. I'm selling underwear and jeans, and I'm not trying to do it with pornography."

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

"I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold."

"I'm not a politician and don't want any part of politics."

"AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap."

"I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill."

"I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear."

"There has been a change in men's attitudes toward their clothes. Men are more aware of fashion; they're not afraid of it."