"Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry."

“A form of art that I like is portraiture. I've been thinking about portraiture, and its relationship to writing and literature, biography and autobiography, and so that will be my next thing.”

Source : Source: www.compulsivereader.com

“I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.”

“All you Jews can go straight to hell.”

“I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key.”

“Women have to embrace ambition if they want to. I had a lot of trouble taking compliments in the beginning, and it's really important for women to embrace their title.”

Source : "Tory Burch Explains The Importance Of Having Male Mentors" by Meredith Lepore, www.businessinsider.com. April 23, 2014.

“I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.”

“I haven't taken my Christmas lights down. They look so nice on the pumpkin.”