Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back.

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 knew what lies ahead on the path, it would not be an adventure, now would it?

Revenge might be sweet and although friendship might be sweeter, once you find true love you will tast the sweetest thing life has to offer

There's no rule for better writing. Make your own rules, and see what works best for you.

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.

If I wear it, you better like it.

In America, the most important thing is that people have freedom. In restricted countries, the most important thing is what people do with freedom.

There are people who help you in life. I've been given a helping hand, and that's why I feel it's my duty to help younger artists.

I guess I'm destined to be loveless

If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.

The age of miracles is forever here.