History takes place between the Fall and the Apocalypse, with a narrow escape route called Salvation.

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 fight of faith can only be won by the holy word of God.

To ask a child to feel sympathy for the poor is harder than getting him to feel sympathy for a chicken or a goat—at least you can see a goat being slaughtered.

Sometimes it’s about knowing people, all of the time, it’s about knowing God!

Yieldedness is vital in listening to what He has to say.

I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.

I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what it feels like when food becomes a threat.

One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.

The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the idea of Jesus.