Energy falls just short of being joy.

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.

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since

If I try to cover too much ground, you start to get watered down and less interesting.

The supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.

Whatcha gunna do when Hulkamanina and my 24 pythons run wild on you?!?!?!!?

You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum, which is to acknowledge who you are holding.

All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

The fiction Im most interested in has lines of reference to the real world.

Is this the final treachery of time, that the old become a burden upon the young?