Calvin Klein

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

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

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

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

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

I don’t trust a lot of journalists.

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

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 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.

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

I don’t think about my fame very much.

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

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

I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.

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

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

What we’re doing is fun – if you have any sense of humor at all!

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

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

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

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

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

The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product.

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

My men’s-underwear print ads are very popular!

Levi’s can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.

Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.

I won’t allow myself to have tremendous fear.

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

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

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

It’s fun seeing my label on someone’s behind – I like that.

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

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

Anyone who is secure about herself shouldn’t be threatened by the ads I do.

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

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

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

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

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

I’m neither Democrat nor Republican.

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

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

I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.

People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Commercials capture your attention, that’s all.

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