Fashion exists for women with no taste etiquette for people with no breeding.

Nothing's far when one wants to get there.

He keeps his voice kindly but remote. A cross between a pedagogue, soothsayer, and a benevolent uncle – that should be his tone.

One of my favorite things about watching the reruns is looking at my clothes. I don't really remember most of them, so it's like looking at old family photos.

She pressed her hand against her chest. No heart. So where did the love she felt come from?

I think a good director is a good listener.

A prime number is one (which is) measured by a unit alone.

Life, like the boring drunk at the office party, keeps seeking you out, leaning on you, killing you with pointless yarns and laughing bad-breathed in your face at its own unfunny jokes.

I am rather tired, and no longer young enough to pillage the night to make up for the deficit of hours in the day..." JRR Tolkien, Letter # 174

If I'm going to be held captive by social media, I'm going to use it against itself.

I rarely do autograph shows. Maybe two or three a year. Just to keep my price up. Also I've got too much other stuff to do. I have to teach Renaissance art.

Don't drink at all, don't smoke, you must exercise and eat vegetables and fruit.