Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.

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.

You don't have to be part of a couple to be happy, you know.

The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.

I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back.

The single most impressive fact about the attempt by American women to obtain the right to vote is how long it took.

New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.

When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.

In my family, I would never dare to think of being Paris Hilton! And to me, that doesn't look like a happy existence - it's just not who I am.

It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

A strict master will not have understanding sons.

All of us, all of us, all of us trying to save our immortal souls, some ways seemingly more round about and mysterious than others. We are having a good time here. But hope all will be revealed soon.