A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.

In the post-Warhol era a single gesture such as uncrossing one's legs will have more significance than all the pages in War and Peace.

He walked into the bathroom, wincing at himself in the mirror, that always more tired older brother.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.

The defenders of decent society and the disciples of degeneracy are often the same people.

My life and my career have been a series of happy and not so happy accidents.

My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.

The space of the bow of any one of you in Paradise is better than all that the sun rises upon.

The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can't practice patience.

If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same.

I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.

What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior?