An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

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.

I have tried to let you go and I cannot. I cannot stop thinking of you. I cannot stop dreaming about you.

People with red hair are supposed to get mad very easily, ..., and he had very red hair.

You cannot use someone else's fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.

A psychic once read my palm and told me I was my mother's mother in a past life. Isn't that weird?

I always tell my husband, 'That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted,' and he's just like, 'Yeah, yeah. Sure.'

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Love is a tyrant, resisted.

It’s all about one split-second. Boxing is a funny thing…you blink your eyes and somebody says ‘Goodnight’ to you.

Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke.

To save the planet, we do not need miraculous technical breakthroughs, or vast amounts of capital. Essentially we need a radical change in our thinking and behaviour.