Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.

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.

AZRAEL:No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air.

Every girl should have at least one wild fling on her resumé.

No one can pretend that because a people may be oppressed, every individual member is virtuous and worthy.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Don't rely on logic alone, nor speculation. Don't infer or be deceived by appearances.

You're going to find this hard to believe, but cops aren't required to carry emergency condoms." Joe Morelli

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

The United States has renewed our leadership in the Asia-Pacific, prime Minister Abe is leading Japan to a new role on the world stage.

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.

Learn the art of the pitch and of messaging.