Death promises nothing--not even oblivion.

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.

So when you get a chance to look at things and chill and relax, it makes you want it more, and that's why I'm so happy to be back!

One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time.

If you can't see His way past the tears, trust His heart.

The water is calm, but the currents pull beneath the surface. Though they can’t be seen, they have the power to drag cats to their deaths.

Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn.

The idea of running around and screaming about Jason Voorhees trying to kill you was fun.

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'

You went to Woodstock and all that trash, your generation is fading fast.

As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.

It's not important to know who you are. It's important to know what you do, and then to do it like hercules!