Commitments, not feelings, hold life together.

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 wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.

So if the ties that bind ever do come looseTie them in a knot like a hangman's nooseCause I'll go to heaven or I'll go to hellBefore I'll see you with someone else.

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.

Heredity is what sets the parents of a teenager wondering about each other.

Y'all take care of yourself now... strange and interesting friends are hard to find.

Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights.

I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.

I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.

The time has come to develop integrated global policies.

The idea that feeling confident and feeling misunderstood are mutually exclusive really bugs me.