I use a Bruce Lee technique: 'The way of no way.' He had the idea that he would learn everything, so that whoever he had to fight, he could improvise anything. The best way of starting a gig is just to not think of anything - to clear your mind, not in an empty Zen state, but more just to go on and
“What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!”
“I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?'”