Quotes from Nicole Richie

I am extremely involved in the design process of both my brands, Winter Kate and House of Harlow 1960.

The Winter Kate-House of Harlow 1960 customer is a multi-tasker, therefore it's important that they are able to put together an outfit with ease and elegance. Pieces that are easy to mix within their own wardrobe. Easy dressing while maintaining a well put together look.

I am naturally a thin person and I am 5'1" and putting on five or 10 pounds, that looks like a lot on me.

I owe the baby my life. I owe this baby everything and I have a responsibility now.

I never want to possibly take another life in my hands.

It's not me that's obsessed with my weight, it's everyone else. I know that I'm healthy, so I don't really feel the need to answer to anyone. I've never substituted a meal for a salad in my life.

Music is a huge part of my life, I enjoy every genre of music from jazz to country, and I even get down with a bit of hip hop.

It's been a pattern in my life - when I get in trouble, I try to get out of it, since I was little.

I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you.

Always keep bobby pins on hand. It's amazing what you can do with those in a time crunch.

I think fame is harder when people have something to hide, but I'm very comfortable, and have nothing to hide.

This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.

I will be really happy once I have done my jail time. I can start fresh.

I don't trust valets, waiters - nobody. I don't waste my time anymore trying to figure out who leaks things to the press.

But my everyday music is classic rock. It's what I relate to the most and where my heart is.

Guys are so transparent most of the time. Unless, of course, they're dating you, in which case they are utter mysteries.

I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless.

I'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.

I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that's what I did.

I feel great, very healthy and alive and really happy that I can remember yesterday and I can remember the day before.

I do love to shop. But I'm a social shopper. I like to do it while hanging out with my friends. Some of them hate shopping because they treat it like something you have to plan, like a grocery list. But if I'm out and I pass a store, I just pop in.

I mean I constantly had security guards around me when I was younger and I wasn't allowed to go to the mall with a lot of my friends and stuff like that. And so, when I finally was able to sneak out, I would just really, really take it to the next level.

It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that.