Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles.

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.

To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.

The view of Earth is spectacular.

All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology.

Charities must treat donors as if they were shareholders.

The car, the furniture, the wife, the children - everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is - shopping.

Poetry is the cipher key to the five mystic wishes packed in a hollow silver bullet fed to a flying fish.

Anyone who says he is not emotional is not getting what he should out of life.

It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.