Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

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.

And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end.

My son, Edward, at 4, to a neighbor boy who was being a pain in our backyard: "Oh, don't whine. my mom will throw you right out of here.

There was so much testosterone in the air, I felt like I needed a gas mask.

The true voice is a good spirit.

One advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they have names.

I can't get through some movies without shedding a tear I can't lie.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment.

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

The labels can't do anything for a band anymore - they're stuck and they have no money and they're just holding onto contracts that have existed from a time where there were resources.