Folly always knows the answer.

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.

The most sublime labour of poetry is to give sense and passion to insensate things

You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them.

Fame is cool but I believe in success.

[I like to read] spiritual books, non-fiction, fiction, I have my moods.

I mean [Donald Trump] ability to be so shameless, I think that it's impossible for most people to parse.

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

Dramas need to have a certain aesthetic that comedy just doesn't really seem to need to have.

I'll never know what it was he wanted me to remember.

It's not really important to make skillful movies. I think expressing yourself really well, skill-wise, is not as important. I want it to be sort of raw and rough but new and fun to watch.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.