A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing.

Naughtiness is a diamond of childhood.

Then I realize that words like "optimism" and "hope" which appear in all those self-help books that claim they'll make us more confident and better to cope with life, are just that: words.

I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.

I'm like a Dilbert cartoon.

Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but she's got a great face, and a great laugh.

Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.

Sorry I’m so sarcastic. I feel really bad about it.

The true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs." You have to love Anita Blake.

I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and I want to be ready