Quotes from Gok Wan

I hate being on my own, I rely on my friends and my family and my job to keep me occupied and to make me feel comforted and wanted and needed and all that stuff.

David Bowie and Elvis Presley are my style icons.

If I could wear sport-luxe all the time, I would.

Fashion can be extremely fickle so you need to work on your image, self-worth and confidence.

I would never impose my styling on anyone on Christmas Day because it's the one day of the year I need off as well.

Everyone finds interviews nerve-wracking so try updating your interview outfit with some new accessories, such as a fabulous silk scarf, so you feel great and know that you look a million dollars, even if you're feeling a little apprehensive.

I describe our family as the Transformers. Separately, we can do our own thing, but the minute we start locking in, we become a force to be reckoned with. We become Optimus Prime.

We don't talk about body dysmorphia and we don't talk about body hatred either. We keep it really isolated and I think that injures us as we get older because it becomes habitual.

I get very, very jealous if I see people who are dressed better than me.

House music for me was incredible. It was a huge part of my growing up and developing into a young adult because I found a community within music.

Writing about traumatic events in your life is actually much harder than being there the first time round because you have to relive all those moments and you know what the outcome is.

There are two types of woman - those who don't do anything with accessories and those who wear so many that they look like a Christmas tree.

Many Euro-Asian homes have a cupboard devoted to Chinese ingredients. The smell cannot be contained and it's my earliest memory. I both object to and love it.

It always feels like it's not yours - the fame, success and money. It feels like it's on loan and I think it always will.

When I was working as a stylist, I was called in to meet the band All Saints. I opened the door, tripped and landed in Nicole's lap. Not a good start, but I got the job.

I might do the odd grilled tuna steak, but I don't think you can call that cooking - it's more like heating up, isn't it?

I know what it's like to look in the mirror and absolutely hate what's looking back at you, and to pick up a fashion magazine and think, why can't I look like that?

I came from a council estate in the '80s which was predominantly black, white or Indian. Being Chinese mixed race we instantly stuck out.

Everyone has something about themselves they hate. I once worked with one of the most beautiful women in the world and she absolutely hated her feet.

I was born two months premature with jaundice, twisted legs and a hole in my heart.

We had quite an unconventional family life because my parents ran a Chinese restaurant.

I was very young, I was going to clubs underage. I am going to be very honest about it, I am not very proud of it but I did, like many people.

You have to stop registering size with negativity. The biggest body can be absolutely beautiful.

I'm a neurotic attention-seeker.