Fear regulates. Appetite impels.

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.

Be not afraid of life believe that life is worth living and your belief will create the fact.

Opinion is often compromised in the face of fear.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

People finally have permission to be human in the context of their work. That's the real Internet story.

People think that I don't like women.

When you learn to die, you learn to live.

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

We need to return to the simplicity that God is love.

Everything I do is in the gym so I'm always in gym clothes.

Politics has always been in my music. Anybody who doesn't understand how political "Copperhead Road" is isn't listening very well.