Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.

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.

If you want to know the secret of life, learn with enthusiasm and love with all of your heart.

Walter Pater defined Romanticism as adding strangeness to beauty.

What is life, " he asked the maiden, "without love? I would ratherhave this one night with you than another thousand years.

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged with - an intelligent comedy essentially.

There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments.

Pay, pay anything rather than go to law.

Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away

Art is our defense against hysteria and death.